Isolation and characterization of iron-independent positive dominant mutants of the diphtheria toxin repressor DtxR.

doi:10.1073/pnas.95.25.14985

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Isolation and characterization of iron-independent positive dominant mutants of the diphtheria toxin repressor DtxR.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 Dec 1998

Sun L, vanderSpek J, Murphy J R

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It is well known that the functional activity of the diphtheria toxin repressor DtxR is controlled by iron, which serves as an essential cofactor necessary for activation of target DNA binding by this regulatory element. In this communication, we describe the isolation and characterization of a u...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Binding Sites
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
DNA, Bacterial
DNA-Binding Proteins
Iron
Mutation

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