Fur in magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense influences magnetosomes formation and directly regulates the genes involved in iron and oxygen metabolism

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Qi, Lei ^a,c   Li, Jian ^a,c   Zhang, WeiJia ^a,c   Liu, Jiangning ^a,c   Rong, Chengbo ^a,c   Li, Ying ^a,c   Wu, Longfei ^b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c France China Biomineralization and Nano structure Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXYGEN; RUFOCROMOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MAGNETOSOMES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84855398556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029572     Document Type: Article

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