The FurA regulon in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120: In silico prediction and experimental validation of novel target genes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4833-4846

  González, Andrés ^a   Angarica, Vladimir Espinosa ^a,b   Sancho, Javier ^a,b   Fillat, María F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FURA GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84899875931     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku123     Document Type: Article

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