Activation of SoxR-dependent transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 607-615

  Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Tagawa, Seiichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur cluster; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Redox signal; SoxR; Transcription activator

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PARAQUAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARAQUAT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 14944340675     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh168     Document Type: Article

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