Effect of iron limitation and fur gene inactivation on the transcriptional profile of the strict anaerobe Clostridium acetobutylicum

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1918-1929

  Vasileva, Delyana ^a   Janssen, Holger ^a   Hönicke, Daniel ^b   Ehrenreich, Armin ^b   Bahl, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FLAVODOXIN; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STIMULON; UPREGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; IRON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 84863692442     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.056978-0     Document Type: Article

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