Research communication mycobacterial stress regulation: The Dps "twin sister" defense mechanism and structure-function relationship

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Chowdhury, Rakhi Pait ^a   Saraswathi, Ramachandran ^a   Chatterji, Dipankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Dps; Interface cluster analysis; Stress response; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DPS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DPS PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA BINDING; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STARVATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; STARVATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77950554012     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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