The ResD response regulator, through functional interaction with NsrR and Fur, plays three distinct roles in Bacillus subtilis transcriptional control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 493-503

  Henares, Bernadette ^a   Kommineni, Sushma ^a,c   Chumsakul, Onuma ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Ishikawa, Shu ^b   Nakano, Michiko M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FLAVODOXIN; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NSRR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; RESD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; REPRESSOR GENE; STRESS;

EID: 84890912786     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01166-13     Document Type: Article

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