Fur positive regulation of iron superoxide dismutase in Escherichia coli: Functional analysis of the sodB promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3802-3808

  Dubrac, Sarah ^a   Touati, Danièle ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; IRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

2,2'-DIPYRIDYL; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034046748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3802-3808.2000     Document Type: Article

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