The fdxA ferredoxin gene can down-regulate frxA nitroreductase gene expression and is essential in many strains of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2927-2935

  Mukhopadhyay, Asish K ^a,c   Jeong, Jin Yong ^a,d   Dailidiene, Daiva ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^b   Berg, Douglas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; NITROREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DOWN REGULATION; FDXA GENE; FRXA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOWN-REGULATION; FERREDOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MUTATION; NITROREDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037407906     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.9.2927-2935.2003     Document Type: Article

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