The MerR Metalloregulatory Protein Binds Mercuric Ion as a Tricoordinate, Metal-Bridged Dimer

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1989 • 1,299 citations

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1988 • 799 citations

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1987 • 414 citations

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1988 • 365 citations

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1988 • 355 citations

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1986 • 319 citations

The MerR heavy metal receptor mediates positive activation in a topologically novel transcription complex

1989 • 286 citations

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1988 • 148 citations

Nucleotide sequence of a chromosomal mercury resistance determinant from a Bacillus sp. with broad-spectrum mercury resistance

1989 • 145 citations

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1990 • 126 citations

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1987 • 121 citations

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1989 • 112 citations

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1988 • 92 citations

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1989 • 82 citations

Genetic analysis of transcriptional activation and repression in the Tn21 mer operon

1989 • 80 citations

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1984 • 75 citations

Transcriptional switching by the metalloregulatory MerR protein: initial characterization of DNA and mercury(II) binding activities

1989 • 64 citations

Transcriptional switching by the MerR protein: activation and repression mutants implicate distinct DNA and mercury(II) binding domains

1989 • 59 citations

Mutagenesis of the cysteines in the metalloregulatory protein MerR indicates that a metal-bridged dimer activates transcription

1989 • 50 citations

XAS of the MerR metalloregulatory protein

1989 • 11 citations