The HU regulon is composed of genes responding to anaerobiosis, acid stress, high osmolarity and SOS induction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Oberto, Jacques ^a,d   Nabti, Sabrina ^a,e   Jooste, Valérie ^b   Mignot, Hervé ^c,f   Rouviere Yaniv, Josette ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c SPSS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f Equancy   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CATABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULON;

EID: 84988735230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004367     Document Type: Article

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