The zinc-responsive regulon of Neisseria meningitidis comprises 17 genes under control of a Zur element

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6594-6606

  Pawlik, Marie christin ^a   Hubert, Kerstin ^a   Joseph, Biju ^a   Claus, Heike ^a   Schoen, Christoph ^a   Vogel, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZUR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84871096238     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01091-12     Document Type: Article

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