Crystal structure of the cyanobacterial metallothionein repressor SmtB: A model for metalloregulatory proteins

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-346

  Cook, William J ^a   Kar, Sambit R ^a   Taylor, Kenneth B ^a   Hall, Leo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Cyanobacteria; DNA repressor; Metallothionein; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA HELIX; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; R FACTOR; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032536158     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1443     Document Type: Article

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