The role of the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) in regulation of Helicobacter pylori iron uptake

Helicobacter

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 237-244

  Van Vliet, Arnoud H M ^a,b   Stoof, Jeroen ^a   Vlasblom, Ronald ^b   Wainwright, Stuart A ^c   Hughes, Nicola J ^c   Kelly, David J ^c   Bereswill, Stefan ^d   Bijlsma, Jetta J E ^b   Hoogenboezem, Theo ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^b   Kist, Manfred ^d   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fur; Gene regulation; Iron uptake; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRON; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0036058679     PISSN: 10834389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-5378.2002.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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