Positive control of ferric siderophore receptor gene expression by the irr protein in Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1361-1368

  Small, Sandra K ^a   Puri, Sumant ^a   Sangwan, Indu ^a   O'Brian, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CELL EXTRACT; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SIDEROPHORE RECEPTOR; IRON; IRR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRICHROME; IRON RESPONSE REGULATOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; SIDEROPHORE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; WILD TYPE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOYBEAN;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERRICHROME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIDEROPHORES; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 62649099788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01571-08     Document Type: Article

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