DNA binding shifts the redox potential of the transcription factor SoxR

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3684-3689

  Gorodetsky, Alon A ^a   Dietrich, Lars E P ^b   Lee, Paul E ^a   Demple, Bruce ^c   Newman, Dianne K ^b   Barton, Jacqueline K ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA electrochemistry; Iron sulfur proteins; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; SOXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR PROBE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR PROBES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 41649117130     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800093105     Document Type: Article

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