Deciphering fur transcriptional regulatory network highlights its complex role beyond iron metabolism in Escherichia coli

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Seo, Sang Woo ^a   Kim, Donghyuk ^a   Latif, Haythem ^a   O'Brien, Edward J ^a   Szubin, Richard ^a   Palsson, Bernhard O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84920906247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5910     Document Type: Article

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