Transcriptional regulation by the dedicated nitric oxide sensor, NorR: A route towards NO detoxification

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 289-293

  Bush, Matthew ^a   Ghosh, Tamaswati ^b   Tucker, Nicholas ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

54 dependent transcription; GAFTGA motif; Interdomain repression; Nitric oxide; NorR; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN NORR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79551487041     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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