Regulation of fur expression by RpoS and fur in Vibrio vulnificus.
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SUBMITTER: Lee HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC193953 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Oct
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Regulation of fur expression by RpoS and fur in Vibrio vulnificus.
Lee Hyun-Jung HJ Park Kyung-Je KJ Lee Ah Young AY Park Sung Goo SG Park Byoung Chul BC Lee Kyu-Ho KH Park Soon-Jung SJ
Journal of bacteriology 20031001 19
In a proteomic analysis of rpoS-deficient Vibrio vulnificus versus the wild type, one of the down-regulated proteins in the rpoS mutant strain was identified as a Fur protein, a ferric uptake regulator. The expression of a fur::luxAB fusion was significantly influenced by sigma factor S, the rpoS gene product, and positively regulated by Fur under iron-limited conditions. ...[more]
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