Site-directed mutagenesis identifies a molecular switch involved in copper sensing by the histidine kinase CinS in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5304-5311

  Quaranta, Davide ^a   McEvoy, Megan M ^b   Rensing, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HISTIDINE KINASE CINR; HISTIDINE KINASE CINS; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CINQA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COPPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 67749085995     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00551-09     Document Type: Article

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