Isolation and identification of Fur binding genes in Escherichia coli

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 517-525

  Oh, Misook ^a,b   Chai, Sang Ho ^b   Wee, Sechan ^a,b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fur; Fur binding site; Gene regulation; Iron

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033621203     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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