Oxidative stress and metal ions regulate a ferritin-like gene, dpr, in Streptococcus pyogenes

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-264

  Tsou, Chih Cheng ^a   Chiang Ni, Chuan ^a   Lin, Yee Shin ^a   Chuang, Woei Jer ^a   Lin, Ming T ^c   Liu, Ching Chuan ^b   Wu, Jiunn Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dpr in Group A streptococcus; Oxidative stress; PerR regulator

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FERRITIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; METAL ION; NICKEL; PROTEIN DPR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DPR GENE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IONS; METALS; NICKEL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ZINC;

EID: 77950369167     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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