title: Cloning and sequence analysis of the fur gene encoding an iron-regulatory protein of Neisseria meningitidis.
abstract: The fur gene, encoding an iron-regulatory protein in Neisseria meningitidis strain B16B6, has been cloned and sequenced. Its product showed a high degree of homology to known Fur sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary Health Sciences Center, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Karkhoff-Schweizer
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Schryvers
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schweizer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C068477:ferric uptake regulating proteins, bacterial; D007501:Iron