Geobacter uraniireducens NikR displays a DNA binding mode distinct from other members of the NikR family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4327-4336

  Benanti, Erin L ^a   Chivers, Peter T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCINE; NICKEL; PROTEIN NIKR; SERINE; TETRAMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER URANIIREDUCENS; INVERTED REPEAT; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER BEMIDJIENSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77956537744     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00152-10     Document Type: Article

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