Copper Chaperone CupA and Zinc Control CopY Regulation of the Pneumococcal <italic toggle="yes">cop</italic> Operon

ABSTRACT Any metal in excess can be toxic; therefore, metal homeostasis is critical to bacterial survival. Bacteria have developed specialized metal import and export systems for this purpose. For broadly toxic metals such as copper, bacteria have evolved only export systems. The copper export syste...

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Main Authors: Miranda J. Neubert, Elizabeth A. Dahlmann, Andrew Ambrose, Michael D. L. Johnson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/95bb84f2a2f1480794fdf2e9959fa7b1
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