Fur-mediated global regulatory circuits in pathogenic Neisseria species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6372-6381

  Yu, Chunxiao ^a   Genco, Caroline Attardo ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOBAL REGULATORY CIRCUIT; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEISSERIA;

EID: 84871055903     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00262-12     Document Type: Short Survey

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