| Literature DB >> 24085522 |
Patrizia Contursi1, Salvatore Fusco, Danila Limauro, Gabriella Fiorentino.
Abstract
The genus Sulfolobus includes microorganisms belonging to the domain Archaea, sub-kingdom Crenarchaeota, living in geographically distant acidic hot springs. Their adaptation to such particular habitats requires finely regulated mechanisms of gene expression, among which, those modulated by sequence-specific transcription factors (TFs) play a key role. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the repertoires of TFs found in Sulfolobus spp. and their viruses, focusing on the description of their DNA-binding domains and their structure-function relationship.Mesh:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24085522 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0586-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Extremophiles ISSN: 1431-0651 Impact factor: 2.395