Oxidant-responsive induction of the suf operon, encoding a Fe-S assembly system, through Fur and IscR in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 8244-8247

  Lee, Kyung Chang ^a   Yeo, Won Sik ^a   Roe, Jung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN ISCR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57349087129     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01161-08     Document Type: Article

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