CueR (Ybbl) of Escherichia coli is a MerR family regulator controlling expression of the copper exporter CopA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 502-512

  Stoyanov, J V ^a   Hobman, J L ^a   Brown, N L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER EXPORT REGULATOR PROTEIN; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER ION; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MERR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COPPER; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SILVER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034746567     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02264.x     Document Type: Article

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