Global analysis of the Bacillus subtilis fur regulon and the iron starvation stimulon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1613-1629

  Baichoo, Noel ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Ye, Rick ^b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FERRIC UPTAKE REPRESSOR PROTEIN; QS 21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

2,2'-DIPYRIDYL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036035079     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03113.x     Document Type: Article

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