CutC is induced late during copper exposure and can modify intracellular copper content in Enterococcus faecalis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 406, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 633-637

  Latorre, Mauricio ^a   Olivares, Felipe ^a   Reyes Jara, Angélica ^b   López, Guadalupe ^c   González, Mauricio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b BIOSIGMA S A   (Chile)

^c Autonomous University of Hidalgo   (Mexico)

^d Center for Mathematical Modeling   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copper content; Copper homeostasis; CutC; Enterococcus faecalis; Gene expression; QPCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; PROTEIN CUTC; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79953028628     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.02.109     Document Type: Article

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