Bacterial iron-sulfur regulatory proteins as biological sensor-switches

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1215-1231

  Crack, Jason C ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^b   Hutchings, Matthew I ^a   Thomson, Andrew J ^a   Le Brun, Nick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCR PROTEIN; NSRR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIRA PROTEIN; SOXR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WBL PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BACTERIUM; BIOSENSOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84865641390     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4511     Document Type: Review

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