Zur: A Zn2+-responsive regulatory element of Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1259-1266

  Lindsay, Jodi A ^a,b   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fur; Metals; Regulation; Transcription; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; ZUR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; ION TRANSPORT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035016446     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1259     Document Type: Article

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