Cys-92, Cys-95, and the C-terminal 12 residues of the Vibrio harveyi ferric uptake regulator (Fur) are functionally inessential

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-680

  Sun, Kun ^a,b   Cheng, Shuang ^a,b   Zhang, Min ^a,b   Wang, Fang ^a,b   Sun, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ferric uptake regulator; Mutagenesis; Transcriptional regulator; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINA; CYSTEINE; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; RABBITS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 58149117801     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-008-0113-3     Document Type: Article

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