The DtxR regulon of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2907-2918

  Wennerhold, Julia ^a   Bott, Michael ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DTXR PROTEIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RIPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DELETION MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; DTXR GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SUF GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 33645983933     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.2907-2918.2006     Document Type: Article

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