Structure-function studies of the staphylococcal methicillin resistance antirepressor MecR2

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 21267-21278

  Arêde, Pedro ^a   Botelho, Tiago ^b   Guevara, Tibisay ^b   Usón, Isabel ^a   Oliveira, Duarte C ^a   Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHICILLIN; MULTI DOMAINS; PROTEIN-BINDING; S. AUREUS; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION STUDIES;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

PROTEINS;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLYCINE; MECR2 PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ROK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MRSA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; LIGANDS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84880526540     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.448134     Document Type: Article

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