Regulation of fur expression by RpoS and fur in Vibrio vulnificus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5891-5896

  Lee, Hyun Jung ^a   Park, Kyung Je ^a   Lee, Ah Young ^b   Park, Sung Goo ^b   Park, Byoung Chul ^b   Lee, Kyu Ho ^a   Park, Soon Jung ^c  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN FUR; PROTEIN FUR LUXAB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; SIGMA FACTOR S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; IRON KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RPOS GENE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0141727572     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5891-5896.2003     Document Type: Article

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