Brucella BioR regulator defines a complex regulatory mechanism for bacterial biotin metabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3451-3467

  Feng, Youjun ^a,b   Xu, Jie ^c   Zhang, Huimin ^d   Chen, Zeliang ^c   Srinivas, Swaminath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOR PROTEIN; BIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BIOTIN; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84880693039     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00378-13     Document Type: Article

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