Regulation of the Helicobacter pylori Fe-S cluster synthesis protein NifS by iron, oxidative stress conditions, and Fur

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5325-5330

  Alamuri, Praveen ^a   Mehta, Nalini ^a   Burk, Andrew ^a   Maier, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN NIFS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON METABOLISM; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33745901282     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00104-06     Document Type: Article

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