Growth phase and metal-dependent transcriptional regulation of the fecA genes in Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3717-3725

  Danielli, Alberto ^a   Romagnoli, Simona ^a   Roncarati, Davide ^a   Costantino, Lorenzo ^a,c   Delany, Isabel ^b   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; NICKEL; NICKEL RESPONSIVE REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; NIKR PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; FECA1 GENE; FECA2 GENE; FECA3 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC STRAIN; GROWTH CURVE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NICKEL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 66149112914     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01741-08     Document Type: Article

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