DtxR, an iron-dependent transcriptional repressor that regulates the expression of siderophore gene clusters in Thermobifida fusca

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Deng, Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaojuan ^a,b  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DxtR like repressor; Gel shift assay; Thermobifida fusca

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DTXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SIDEROPHORE GENE; THERMOBIFIDA FUSCA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 84944149112     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnu053     Document Type: Article

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