Identification of amino acid residues important for the function of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Irr protein

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-77

  Bhubhanil, Sakkarin ^a,b   Ruangkiattikul, Nantaporn ^c   Niamyim, Phettree ^a,b   Chamsing, Jareeya ^a,b   Ngok ngam, Patchara ^a,b   Sukchawalit, Rojana ^a,b,c   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^b,c,d  

^a Research and Innovation   (Thailand)

^b THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

^c Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^d Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Iron response regulator; Membrane bound ferritin; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON RESPONSE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; MEMBRANE BOUND FERRITIN GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 84866175171     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02638.x     Document Type: Article

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