Regulatory roles for IscA and SufA in iron homeostasis and redox stress responses in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3182-3191

  Balasubramanian, Ramakrishnan ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a   Golbeck, John H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ISCA; PROTEIN SUFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; CHLOROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; NFU GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SUF GENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33646241294     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.9.3182-3191.2006     Document Type: Article

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