Generating a metal-responsive transcriptional regulator to test what confers metal sensing in cells

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 19806-19822

  Osman, Deenah ^a   Piergentili, Cecilia ^a   Chen, Junjun ^b   Chakrabarti, Buddhapriya ^a   Foster, Andrew W ^a   Lurie Luke, Elena ^b   Huggins, Thomas G ^b   Robinson, Nigel J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COBALT; CYTOLOGY; FORMALDEHYDE; FREE ENERGY; METALS; SALMONELLA; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ALLOSTERIC COUPLING; GLUTATHIONES; METAL AFFINITY; METAL LIGANDS; METAL SENSING; METAL SENSORS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

COPPER;

BINDING PROTEIN; COBALT; COPPER; CUER PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRMR PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; METAL; RCNR PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZNTR PROTEIN; ZUR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; METAL SENSING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA; SENSOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COBALT; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NICKEL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

EID: 84939138598     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M115.663427     Document Type: Article

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