Deciphering the molecular basis of multidrug recognition: Crystal structures of the Staphylococcus aureus multidrug binding transcription regulator QacR

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Schumacher, Maria A ^a   Brennan, Richard G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidrug recognition; Multisite model; QacR; Repressor; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BERBERINE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEQUALINIUM; DIMER; ETHIDIUM; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MALACHITE GREEN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QACR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RHODAMINE 6G; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA HELIX; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037342112     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)00013-X     Document Type: Short Survey

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