Manganese homestasis in Bacillus subtilis is regulated by MntR, a bifunctional regulator related to the diphtheria toxin repressor family of proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1454-1468

  Que, Qiang ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CADMIUM; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; MANGANESE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; MNTA PROTEIN, LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HOMEOSTASIS; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BINDING SITE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CADMIUM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033624818     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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