The evolution of an osmotically inducible dps in the genus Streptomyces.

Dps proteins are found almost ubiquitously in bacterial genomes and there is now an appreciation of their multifaceted roles in various stress responses. Previous studies have shown that this family of proteins assemble into dodecamers and their quaternary structure is entirely critical to their fun...

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Main Authors: Paul D Facey, Matthew D Hitchings, Jason S Williams, David O F Skibinski, Paul J Dyson, Ricardo Del Sol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3613396?pdf=render