The Transcriptional Regulator Np20 Is the Zinc Uptake Regulator in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ellison, Matthew L ^a,b   Farrow IIII, John Matthew ^a   Parrish, Whitney ^c   Danell, Allison S ^c   Pesci, Everett C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; N,N'N TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; PROTEIN NP20; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ZURPA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; ZINC METABOLISM; ZINC UPTAKE; ZNUA GENE; ZNUB GENE; ZNUC GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 84884519461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075389     Document Type: Article

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