Structural and mechanistic insights into Helicobacter pylori NikR activation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3106-3118

  Bahlawane, C ^a   Dian, C ^b   Muller, C ^c   Round, A ^d   Fauquant, C ^a,f   Schauer, K ^c,e   de Reuse, H ^c   Terradot, L ^b   Michaud Soret, I ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^e INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICKEL; PROTEIN NIKR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NIKR PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NICKEL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953257812     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1216     Document Type: Article

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