Regulation of sulfur assimilation pathways in Burkholderia cenocepacia: Identification of transcription factors CysB and SsuR and their role in control of target genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1675-1688

  Iwanicka Nowicka, Roksana ^a   Zielak, Agata ^a   Cook, Anne M ^b   Thomas, Mark S ^b   Hryniewicz, Monika M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSERINE; SERINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CYSB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SSUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CYSD2P GENE; CYSIP GENE; DNA BINDING; GENE LOCATION; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SBPP GENE; SSUDP GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALKANESULFONATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SERINE; SULFATES; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 33947417735     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00592-06     Document Type: Article

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