The Zur of Xanthomonas campestris functions as a repressor and an activator of putative zinc homeostasis genes via recognizing two distinct sequences within its target promoters

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4295-4309

  Huang, Dong Liang ^a   Tang, Dong Jie ^a   Liao, Qing ^a   Li, Heng Cong ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   He, Yong Qiang ^a   Feng, Jia Xun ^a   Jiang, Bo Le ^a   Lu, Guang Tao ^a   Chen, Baoshan ^a   Tang, Ji Liang ^a  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN ZUR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA ISOLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 48349136542     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn328     Document Type: Article

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