Form and function in metal-dependent transcriptional regulation: Dawn of the enlightenment

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3909-3912

  Rensing, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 20444447161     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.3909-3912.2005     Document Type: Note

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