Genome-wide expression analysis indicates that FNR of Escherichia coli K-12 regulates a large number of genes of unknown function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1135-1160

  Kang, Yisheng ^a   Weber, K Derek ^b   Qiu, Yu ^a   Kiley, Patricia J ^b   Blattner, Frederick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FERMENTATION MONITORING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13244289800     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.1135-1160.2005     Document Type: Article

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