The copper-inducible ComR (YcfQ) repressor regulates expression of ComC (YcfR), which affects copper permeability of the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

BioMetals

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-43

  Mermod, Mélanie ^a   Magnani, David ^a   Solioz, Marc ^a   Stoyanov, Jivko V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Copper homeostasis; Copper regulator; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER INDUCIBLE REPRESSOR PROTEIN COMC; COPPER INDUCIBLE REPRESSOR PROTEIN COMR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LUMINESCENT AGENT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; YCFQ PROTEIN, E COLI; YCFR PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMC GENE; COMR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84861216569     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: 15728773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-011-9510-x     Document Type: Article

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