Regulation of sulfur assimilation pathways in Burkholderia cenocepacia through control of genes by the SsuR transcription factor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1843-1853

  Łochowska, Anna ^a   Iwanicka Nowicka, Roksana ^a,b   Zielak, Agata ^a   Modelewska, Anna ^a   Thomas, Mark S ^c   Hryniewicz, Monika M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SULFUR; TAURINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SSUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SULFUR ASSIMILATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA;

EID: 79955410317     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00483-10     Document Type: Article

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