Coordinated repression in vitro of the divergent fepA-fes promoters of Escherichia coli by the iron uptake regulation (Fur) protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2579-2582

  Escolar, Lucía ^a   Pérez Martín, José ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REGULATOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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

EID: 2642654228     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2579-2582.1998     Document Type: Article

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