Structural and biochemical characterization of MepR, a multidrug binding transcription regulator of the Staphylococcus aureus multidrug efflux pump MepA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1211-1224

  Kumaraswami, Muthiah ^a   Schuman, Jason T ^b,c   Seo, Susan M ^d   Kaatz, Glenn W ^d,e   Brennan, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DIMER; ETHIDIUM; GLYCOPROTEIN P; PROTEIN MEPA; PROTEIN MEPR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHODAMINE 6G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHIDIUM; INDOLES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RHODAMINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 62549114521     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn1046     Document Type: Article

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