Architecture of a protein central to iron homeostasis: Crystal structure and spectroscopic analysis of the ferric uptake regulator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 903-915

  Pohl, Ehmke ^a   Haller, Jon C ^b   Mijovilovich, Ana ^a   Meyer Klaucke, Wolfram ^a   Garman, Elspeth ^c   Vasil, Michael L ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR PROTEIN; IRON; IRON COMPLEX; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON BALANCE; IRON TRANSPORT; METAL BINDING; MICROPIXE ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROSTATICS; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0344321893     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03337.x     Document Type: Article

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