Induction of the ferritin gene (ftnA) of Escherichia coli by Fe 2+-Fur is mediated by reversal of H-NS silencing and is RyhB independent

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-657

  Nandal, Anjali ^a,c   Huggins, Cerys C O ^a   Woodhall, Mark R ^a,d   McHugh, Jonathan ^a   Rodríguez Quiñones, Francisco ^a   Quail, Michael A ^b,e   Guest, John R ^b   Andrews, Simon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA RYHB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 75149173382     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06977.x     Document Type: Article

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