Transcription factors of the MerR family
These transcription factors resemble the E. coli mercury-sensing regulator MerR protein. They control expression of their target genes in response to the availability of specific metal ions.
Relevant Publications
Jon L Hobman, John Wilkie, Nigel L Brown
A design for life: prokaryotic metal-binding MerR family regulators.
Biometals: 2005, 18(4);429-36
[PubMed:16158235]
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[DOI]
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Mario A Pennella, David P Giedroc
Structural determinants of metal selectivity in prokaryotic metal-responsive transcriptional regulators.
Biometals: 2005, 18(4);413-28
[PubMed:16158234]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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Ahmed Gaballa, Min Cao, John D Helmann
Two MerR homologues that affect copper induction of the Bacillus subtilis copZA operon.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 12);3413-3421
[PubMed:14663075]
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[DOI]
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Nigel L Brown, Jivko V Stoyanov, Stephen P Kidd, Jon L Hobman
The MerR family of transcriptional regulators.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2003, 27(2-3);145-63
[PubMed:12829265]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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