Contributions of [4Fe-4S]-FNR and integration host factor to fnr transcriptional regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3036-3043

  Mettert, Erin L ^a   Kiley, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 574 MSC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIMER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; IRON; PROTEIN FNR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FNR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34247857563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00052-07     Document Type: Article

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