Fur controls iron homeostasis and oxidative stress defense in the oligotrophic alpha-proteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4812-4825

  Da Silva Neto, José F ^a   Braz, Vânia S ^a   Italiani, Valéria C S ^a   Marques, Marilis V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 69049098180     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp509     Document Type: Article

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