In vivo recognition of the fecA3 target promoter by Helicobacter pylori NikR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1131-1141

  Romagnoli, Simona ^a   Agriesti, Francesca ^a   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HPNIKR PROTEIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FECA3 GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 79951641387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01153-10     Document Type: Article

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