The fur iron regulator-like protein is cryptic in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Louvel, Hélène ^a,b   Kanai, Tamotsu ^c   Atomi, Haruyuki ^c   Reeve, John N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Fur; Iron; Regulation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMOCOCCUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 65449146651     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01594.x     Document Type: Article

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