Functional specialization within the fur family of metalloregulators

BioMetals

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 485-499

  Lee, Jin Won ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fur; Metal homeostasis; Metalloregulation

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR PROTEIN; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SENSOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEINS; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248669001     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9070-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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