Transcriptional organization and regulation of the Vibrio anguillarum heme uptake gene cluster

Gene

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 68-76

  Mouriño, Susana ^a,b   Osorio, Carlos R ^a   Lemos, Manuel L ^a   Crosa, Jorge H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fur; Gene regulation; Heme transport; Iron regulated genes

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HEME; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXBB1 GENE; EXBD1 GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUVA GENE; HUVB GENE; HUVC GENE; HUVD GENE; HUVX GENE; HUVZ GENE; IRON TRANSPORT; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TONB1 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEME; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM;

EID: 33646713006     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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