Expression of the iron-activated nspA and secY genes in Neisseria meningitidis group B by Fur-dependent and -independent mechanisms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 663-669

  Shaik, Yazdani B ^a   Grogan, Susan ^a   Davey, Michael ^b   Sebastian, Shite ^a   Goswami, Sulip ^a   Szmigielski, Borys ^a   Genco, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN FUR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NSPA GENE; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECY GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 33846205971     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01638-06     Document Type: Article

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