Identification of the transcriptional regulator NcrB in the nickel resistance determinant of Leptospirillum ferriphilum UBK03

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zhu, Tao ^a   Tian, Jian ^a   Zhang, Shuangyu ^a   Wu, Ningfeng ^a   Fan, Yunliu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; NICKEL; PROTEIN NCRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INVERTED REPEAT; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NCRA GENE; NCRB GENE; NCRC GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSGENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; LEPTOSPIRACEAE; NICKEL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79952256611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017367     Document Type: Article

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