Structural and Mechanistic Basis of Zinc Regulation Across the E. coli Zur Regulon

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gilston, Benjamin A ^a   Wang, Suning ^a   Marcus, Mason D ^a   Canalizo Hernández, Mónica A ^a   Swindell, Elden P ^b   Xue, Yi ^a   Mondragón, Alfonso ^a   O'Halloran, Thomas V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC UPTAKE REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PLIG PROTEIN, E COLI; PURINE DERIVATIVE; ZINC; ZUR PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLIG GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PURINES; REGULON; ZINC;

EID: 84912569762     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001987     Document Type: Article

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