Autoregulation of Helicobacter pylori Fur revealed by functional analysis of the iron-binding site

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1107-1122

  Delany, Isabel ^a   Spohn, Gunther ^a,c   Pacheco, Ana Beatriz F ^a,d   Ieva, Raffaele ^a   Alaimo, Cristina ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Cytos Biotechnology ^*  (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0036436311     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03227.x     Document Type: Article

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