Phenotype enhancement screen of a regulatory Spx mutant unveils a role for the ytpQ gene in the control of Iron homeostasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Zuber, Peter ^a   Chauhan, Shefali ^a   Pilaka, Praseeda ^a   Nakano, Michiko M ^a   Gurumoorthy, Sairam ^a   Lin, Ann A ^a   Barendt, Skye M ^a   Chi, Bui Khanh ^b   Antelmann, Haike ^b   Mäder, Ulrike ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYOXAL DERIVATIVE; METHYGLYOXAL; PROTEIN SPX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DISULFIDE; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SPX GENE; YTPQ GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOMICS; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISULFIDES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEOMICS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052930551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025066     Document Type: Article

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