Transcriptional control of the iron-responsive fxbA gene by the mycobacterial regulator IdeR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3402-3408

  Dussurget, Olivier ^a,b   Timm, Juliano ^a   Gomez, Manuel ^a   Gold, Benjamin ^a,c   Yu, Shengwei ^d   Sabol, Sue Z ^e   Holmes, Randall K ^f   Jacobs Jr , William R ^d   Smith, Issar ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; GENE PRODUCT; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; METAL; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FXBA; PROTEIN IDER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033000384     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3402-3408.1999     Document Type: Article

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