A suf operon requirement for Fe-S cluster assembly during iron starvation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 861-872

  Outten, F Wayne ^a   Djaman, Ouliana ^b   Storz, Gisela ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; IRON CHELATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STARVATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDRO-LYASES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; STARVATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442567822     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04025.x     Document Type: Article

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