Identification of a zinc-specific metalloregulatory protein, Zur, controlling zinc transport operons in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5815-5821

  Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; IRON TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ZINC METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031733646     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5815-5821.1998     Document Type: Article

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