Dual regulation of catecholate siderophore biosynthesis in Azotobacter vinelandii by iron and oxidative stress

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1617-1626

  Tindale, Anne E ^a   Mehrotra, Manisha ^a   Ottem, Derek ^a   Page, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; Catecholate siderophores; Fur; Isochorismate synthase; Superoxide stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; CHORISMIC ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; SUPEROXIDE; SYNTHETASE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 0033926141     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1617     Document Type: Article

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