Bioinformatic prediction and experimental verification of Fur-regulated genes in the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2153-2166

  Quatrini, Raquel ^a   Lefimil, Claudia ^a   Veloso, Felipe A ^a   Pedroso, Inti ^a   Holmes, David S ^a   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34249844266     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm068     Document Type: Article

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