Transcriptional and functional analysis of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae fur regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Jackson, Lydgia A ^a   Ducey, Thomas F ^b   Day, Michael W ^a   Zaitshik, Jeremy B ^a   Orvis, Joshua ^c   Dyer, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 73849136751     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00741-09     Document Type: Article

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