Zinc fingers (ZFs) are among the most structurally diverse protein domains. They interact
with nucleic acids, other proteins and lipids to facilitate a multitude of biological processes …

Genome-wide studies are providing researchers with a potentially complete list of the
molecular components present in living systems. It is now evident that several metal ions are …

Zinc fingers can be loosely defined as protein domains containing one or more tetrahedrally-
co-ordinated zinc ions whose role is to stabilise the structure rather than to be involved in …

The plant tumor disease known as crown gall was not called by that name until more recent
times. Galls on plants were described by Malpighi who believed that these extraordinary …

Bacterial adaptation is largely shaped by horizontal gene transfer, xenogeneic silencing
mediated by lineage-specific DNA bridgers (H-NS, Lsr2, MvaT and Rok), and various anti …

Zinc finger proteins are among the most extensively applied metalloproteins in the field of
biotechnology owing to their unique structural and functional aspects as transcriptional and …

Zinc-finger domain transcriptional regulators regulate a myriad of functions in eukaryotes.
Interestingly, ancestral versions (MucR) from Alpha-proteobacteria control bacterial …

Classical zinc finger (ZF) domains were thought to be confined to the eukaryotic kingdom
until the transcriptional regulator Ros protein was identified in Agrobacterium tumefaciens …

The interactions between histidine and metal species play essential roles in a wide range of
important biological processes including enzymes catalysis and signal transduction. In this …

Foreign AT-rich genes drive bacterial adaptation to new niches while challenging the
existing regulation network. Here we report that MucR, a conserved regulator in α …