Iron regulates expression of Bacillus cereus Hemolysin II via global regulator Fur

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3327-3335

  Sineva, Elena ^a,b   Shadrin, Andrey ^a,c   Rodikova, Ekaterina A ^a   Andreeva Kovalevskaya, Zhanna I ^a   Protsenko, Alexey S ^a   Mayorov, Sergey G ^a   Galaktionova, Darya Yu ^a   Magelky, Erica ^a,d   Solonin, Alexander S ^a  

^a SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIN; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84864021925     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00199-12     Document Type: Article

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