Detailed analysis of Helicobacter pylori Fur-regulated promoters reveals a Fur box core sequence and novel Fur-regulated genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-941

  Pich, Oscar Q ^a   Carpenter, Beth M ^a   Gilbreath, Jeremy J ^a   Merrell, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; FERRIC UPTAKE RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUR GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 84861348413     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08066.x     Document Type: Article

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