Positive regulation of fur gene expression via direct interaction of Fur in a pathogenic bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2629-2636

  Lee, Hyun Jung ^a,b   Bang, So Hyun ^b   Lee, Kyu Ho ^a   Park, Soon Jung ^b  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN FUR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; FUR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 34147151006     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01791-06     Document Type: Article

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