Induction of the sufA operon encoding Fe-S assembly proteins by superoxide generators and hydrogen peroxide: Involvement of OxyR, IHF and an unidentified oxidant-responsive factor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1745-1755

  Lee, Joon Hee ^a   Yeo, Won Sik ^a   Roe, Jung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXIDIZING AGENT; SUFA PROTEIN; SULFUR; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; METHYLPHENAZONIUM METHOSULFATE; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642565394     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03946.x     Document Type: Article

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