Transcriptional activation of Bordetella alcaligin siderophore genes requires the AlcR regulator with alcaligin as inducer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 483-489

  Brickman, T J ^a   Ho Young Kang, ^a   Armstrong, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGIN; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN ALCR; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIDEROPHORES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035156057     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.2.483-489.2001     Document Type: Article

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