The OxyR regulon in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1004-1012

  Harrison, Alistair ^a   Ray, William C ^a   Baker, Beth D ^a   Armbruster, David W ^a   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^a   Munson Jr , Robert S ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN OXYR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IRON METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846643060     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01040-06     Document Type: Article

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