OxyR and SoxRS regulation of fur

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4639-4643

  Zheng, Ming ^a   Doan, Bernard ^a   Schneider, Thomas D ^b   Storz, Gisela ^a,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032770524     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4639-4643.1999     Document Type: Article

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