Helicobacter pylori apo-Fur regulation appears unconserved across species

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 378-386

  Miles, Shana ^a   Carpenter, Beth M ^a   Gancz, Hanan ^a   Merrel, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric uptake regulator; H. pylori; Iron; Regulation

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77954016214     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-010-0022-0     Document Type: Article

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