Computational reconstruction of iron- and manganese-responsive transcriptional networks in α-proteobacteria

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1568-1585

  Rodionov, Dmitry A ^a,b   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^a,c   Todd, Jonathan D ^d   Curson, Andrew R J ^d   Johnston, Andrew W B ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTATION THEORY; GENES; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BINDING MOTIF; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; COMPUTATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; DNA-BINDING; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REGULATORY NETWORK; REGULATORY REGIONS; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL NETWORKS;

IRON;

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FURIN; IRON; MANGANESE; METAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTERALES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTERALES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33845971293     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020163     Document Type: Article

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