Iron Deficiency Generates Oxidative Stress and Activation of the SOS Response in Caulobacter crescentus

In C. crescentus, iron metabolism is mainly controlled by the transcription factor Fur (ferric uptake regulator). Iron-bound Fur represses genes related to iron uptake and can directly activate the expression of genes for iron-containing proteins. In this work, we used total RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)...

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Main Authors: Laura Leaden, Larissa G. Silva, Rodolfo A. Ribeiro, Naara M. dos Santos, Alan P. R. Lorenzetti, Thiago G. P. Alegria, Mariane L. Schulz, Marisa H. G. Medeiros, Tie Koide, Marilis V. Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02014/full