Role of the Irr protein in the regulation of iron metabolism in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Peuser, Verena ^a   Remes, Bernhard ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; IRR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CCPA GENE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH; IRON METABOLISM; KATE GENE; MBFA GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 84864701507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042231     Document Type: Article

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