Functional analysis of PvdS, an iron starvation sigma factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1481-1491

  Leoni, Livia ^c   Orsi, Nicola ^c   De Lorenzo, Victor ^a   Visca, Paolo ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Università Roma Tre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0034006501     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1481-1491.2000     Document Type: Article

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