The expression of the dodecameric ferritin in Listeria spp. is induced by iron limitation and stationary growth phase

Gene

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Polidoro, Mario ^a   De Biase, Daniela ^a   Montagnini, Benedetta ^a   Guarrera, Laura ^a   Cavallo, Stefano ^a   Valenti, Piera ^b   Stefanini, Simonetta ^a   Chiancone, Emilia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Insertion sequence; Listeria spp; Sigma factors

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FERRITIN; IRON; NUCLEOTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON STORAGE; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; START CODON; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037151781     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00839-9     Document Type: Article

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