Metal binding characteristics and role of iron oxidation in the ferric uptake regulator from Escherichia coli

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 41, 2005, Pages 13553-13559

  Mills, Stephen A ^a,c   Marletta, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; RNA;

FUNCTIONAL METALS; IRON OXIDATION; METAL BINDING; METAL CONCENTRATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

COBALT; DNA; FERRIC ION; FUR PROTEIN; MANGANESE; METAL ION; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COBALT; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 26644471490     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0507579     Document Type: Article

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