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- PhD Microbiology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sydney Govons Kustu was an American biologist and a professor of biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley. She is known for her pioneering research on the regulation of Nitrogen metabolism in bacteria.
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- Expression of sigma 54 (ntrA)-dependent genes is probably united by a common mechanism. (1989) (482)
- Function of a bacterial activator protein that binds to transcriptional enhancers. (1989) (436)
- Nitrogen regulatory protein C-controlled genes of Escherichia coli: scavenging as a defense against nitrogen limitation. (2000) (376)
- The integration host factor stimulates interaction of RNA polymerase with NIFA, the transcriptional activator for nitrogen fixation operons (1990) (361)
- Protein kinase and phosphoprotein phosphatase activities of nitrogen regulatory proteins NTRB and NTRC of enteric bacteria: roles of the conserved amino-terminal domain of NTRC. (1988) (353)
- Simple, rapid, and quantitative release of periplasmic proteins by chloroform (1984) (347)
- The phosphorylated form of the enhancer-binding protein NTRC has an ATPase activity that is essential for activation of transcription (1991) (332)
- Products of nitrogen regulatory genes ntrA and ntrC of enteric bacteria activate glnA transcription in vitro: evidence that the ntrA product is a sigma factor. (1985) (326)
- DNA-looping and enhancer activity: association between DNA-bound NtrC activator and RNA polymerase at the bacterial glnA promoter. (1990) (256)
- Unusual Oligomerization Required for Activity of NtrC, a Bacterial Enhancer-Binding Protein (1997) (252)
- Structure of a transiently phosphorylated switch in bacterial signal transduction (2000) (213)
- Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA+ ATPase domains. (2003) (204)
- Oligomerization of NTRC at the glnA enhancer is required for transcriptional activation. (1993) (201)
- Physiological Studies of Escherichia coli Strain MG1655: Growth Defects and Apparent Cross-Regulation of Gene Expression (2003) (195)
- A bacterial enhancer functions to tether a transcriptional activator near a promoter. (1990) (190)
- Salmonella typhimurium apparently perceives external nitrogen limitation as internal glutamine limitation. (1996) (188)
- Prokaryotic transcriptional enhancers and enhancer-binding proteins. (1991) (185)
- Toward a protein profile of Escherichia coli: Comparison to its transcription profile (2003) (182)
- Crystal structure of an activated response regulator bound to its target (2001) (177)
- Glutamate at the site of phosphorylation of nitrogen-regulatory protein NTRC mimics aspartyl-phosphate and activates the protein. (1993) (176)
- Ammonia acquisition in enteric bacteria: physiological role of the ammonium/methylammonium transport B (AmtB) protein. (1998) (176)
- The bacterial enhancer-binding protein NTRC is a molecular machine: ATP hydrolysis is coupled to transcriptional activation. (1995) (173)
- Prokaryotic enhancer-binding proteins reflect eukaryote-like modularity: the puzzle of nitrogen regulatory protein C (1993) (171)
- Lack of the Rhesus protein Rh1 impairs growth of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii at high CO2. (2004) (169)
- The secreted form of invertase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is synthesized from mRNA encoding a signal sequence (1983) (154)
- Beryllofluoride mimics phosphorylation of NtrC and other bacterial response regulators. (1999) (146)
- A previously undescribed pathway for pyrimidine catabolism. (2006) (139)
- NMR structure of activated CheY. (2000) (134)
- Rhesus expression in a green alga is regulated by CO2 (2002) (132)
- BeF(3)(-) acts as a phosphate analog in proteins phosphorylated on aspartate: structure of a BeF(3)(-) complex with phosphoserine phosphatase. (2001) (120)
- Nitrogen control in Salmonella: regulation by the glnR and glnF gene products. (1979) (116)
- The bacterial enhancer-binding protein NtrC as a molecular machine. (1998) (113)
- Nitrogen control of Salmonella typhimurium: co-regulation of synthesis of glutamine synthetase and amino acid transport systems (1979) (111)
- Physiological Role for the GlnK Protein of Enteric Bacteria: Relief of NifL Inhibition under Nitrogen-Limiting Conditions (1998) (110)
- Ammonium/methylammonium transport (Amt) proteins facilitate diffusion of NH3 bidirectionally (2002) (110)
- Biological gas channels for NH3 and CO2: evidence that Rh (Rhesus) proteins are CO2 channels. (2006) (109)
- Three-dimensional solution structure of the N-terminal receiver domain of NTRC. (1995) (109)
- The product of a newly identified gene, gInF, is required for synthesis of glutamine synthetase in Salmonella. (1977) (108)
- Role of integration host factor in stimulating transcription from the sigma 54-dependent nifH promoter. (1992) (107)
- The accumulation of glutamate is necessary for optimal growth of Salmonella typhimurium in media of high osmolality but not induction of the proU operon (1994) (106)
- Nitrogen regulatory locus "glnR" of enteric bacteria is composed of cistrons ntrB and ntrC: identification of their protein products. (1981) (105)
- In vitro interaction of nitrate-responsive regulatory protein NarL with DNA target sequences in the fdnG, narG, narK and frdA operon control regions of Escherichia coli K-12. (1994) (101)
- Sulfur and Nitrogen Limitation in Escherichia coli K-12: Specific Homeostatic Responses (2005) (98)
- Activity of purified NIFA, a transcriptional activator of nitrogen fixation genes. (1993) (97)
- Solution structure of the DNA-binding domain of NtrC with three alanine substitutions. (1999) (95)
- The isolated catalytic domain of NIFA, a bacterial enhancer-binding protein, activates transcription in vitro: activation is inhibited by NIFL. (1994) (83)
- Evidence that Fungal MEP Proteins Mediate Diffusion of the Uncharged Species NH3 across the Cytoplasmic Membrane (2001) (79)
- Isolation of Escherichia coli mRNA and comparison of expression using mRNA and total RNA on DNA microarrays. (2001) (79)
- Sensing of Nitrogen Limitation by Bacillus subtilis: Comparison to Enteric Bacteria (1999) (77)
- Constitutive forms of the enhancer-binding protein NtrC: evidence that essential oligomerization determinants lie in the central activation domain. (1995) (74)
- MgATP Binding and Hydrolysis Determinants of NtrC, a Bacterial Enhancer-Binding Protein (1999) (73)
- The Rut Pathway for Pyrimidine Degradation: Novel Chemistry and Toxicity Problems (2010) (72)
- In vitro activity of the nitrogen fixation regulatory protein NIFA. (1989) (70)
- Mutant forms of the enhancer-binding protein NtrC can activate transcription from solution. (1997) (69)
- The major dimerization determinants of the nitrogen regulatory protein NTRC from enteric bacteria lie in its carboxy-terminal domain. (1994) (66)
- Mechanism of Transcriptional Activation by NtrC (1995) (62)
- The W148L substitution in the Escherichia coli ammonium channel AmtB increases flux and indicates that the substrate is an ion (2007) (62)
- High-resolution solution structure of the beryllofluoride-activated NtrC receiver domain. (2003) (62)
- Using Genomic Sequencing for Classical Genetics in E. coli K12 (2011) (59)
- Mutations that alter the covalent modification of glutamine synthetase in Salmonella typhimurium (1978) (56)
- Structural and functional analyses of activating amino acid substitutions in the receiver domain of NtrC: evidence for an activating surface. (1997) (56)
- The histidine-binding protein J, a histidine transport component, has two different functional sites. (1974) (54)
- Glutamate is required to maintain the steady-state potassium pool in Salmonella typhimurium. (1996) (54)
- Mutant strains (nit) of Salmonella typhimurium with a pleiotropic defect in nitrogen metabolism (1976) (54)
- Repressor forms of the enhancer-binding protein NrtC: some fail in coupling ATP hydrolysis to open complex formation by sigma 54-holoenzyme. (1996) (53)
- The hisP Protein, a Known Histidine Transport Component in Salmonella typhimurium, Is Also an Arginine Transport Component (1973) (51)
- Purification of the alternative sigma factor, sigma 54, from Salmonella typhimurium and characterization of sigma 54-holoenzyme. (1991) (51)
- Phosphorylation-Induced Signal Propagation in the Response Regulator NtrC (2000) (49)
- In vitro activity of NifL, a signal transduction protein for biological nitrogen fixation (1993) (49)
- Covalent modification of bacterial glutamine synthetase: physiological significance (2004) (47)
- Phosphoaspartates in bacterial signal transduction. (2001) (46)
- In vitro transcription of the nitrogen fixation regulatory operon nifLA of Klebsiella pneumoniae (1987) (42)
- The ultrastructure of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant strain lacking phytoene synthase resembles that of a colorless alga. (2008) (42)
- Lessons from Escherichia coli genes similarly regulated in response to nitrogen and sulfur limitation. (2005) (41)
- Iron is required to relieve inhibitory effects on NifL on transcriptional activation by NifA in Klebsiella pneumoniae (1996) (40)
- Mutations affecting glutamine synthetase activity in Salmonella typhimurium (1975) (40)
- Physical evidence for a phosphorylation-dependent conformational change in the enhancer-binding protein NtrC. (1999) (40)
- NtrC is required for control of Klebsiella pneumoniae NifL activity (1997) (38)
- The C-terminal domain of NifL is sufficient to inhibit NifA activity (1995) (37)
- In vitro studies of the domains of the nitrogen fixation regulatory protein NIFA (1995) (35)
- Mechanism for nitrogen isotope fractionation during ammonium assimilation by Escherichia coli K12 (2013) (34)
- Gas Channels for NH3: Proteins from Hyperthermophiles Complement an Escherichia coli Mutant (2002) (33)
- Aquaporin Z of Escherichia coli: Reassessment of Its Regulation and Physiological Role (2002) (32)
- Spontaneous Mutations in the Ammonium Transport Gene AMT4 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2005) (29)
- An Open Letter to Elias Zerhouni (2005) (29)
- "Switch I" mutant forms of the bacterial enhancer-binding protein NtrC that perturb the response to DNA. (1999) (23)
- Natural History of Transposition in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Use of the AMT4 Locus as an Experimental System (2006) (23)
- Mutations Affecting Motifs of Unknown Function in the Central Domain of Nitrogen Regulatory Protein C (1999) (21)
- The pivotal twin histidines and aromatic triad of the Escherichia coli ammonium channel AmtB can be replaced (2011) (21)
- Nitrogen Regulation in Salmonella typhimurium (1980) (20)
- In vitro activity of the nitrogen fixation regulatory protein FIXJ from Rhizobium meliloti (1991) (20)
- An Rh1-GFP fusion protein is in the cytoplasmic membrane of a white mutant strain of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. (2008) (20)
- Genetic Evidence for an Essential Oscillation of Transmembrane-Spanning Segment 5 in the Escherichia coli Ammonium Channel AmtB (2009) (19)
- In vitro transcription from the late promoter of bacteriophage P4 (1988) (17)
- Glutamine auxotrophs with mutations in a nitrogen regulatory gene, ntrC, that is near glnA (2004) (16)
- Adenylylation of bacterial glutamine synthetase: physiological significance. (1985) (14)
- Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation and Assimilation (1998) (12)
- Epistatic Effects of the Protease/Chaperone HflB on Some Damaged Forms of the Escherichia coli Ammonium Channel AmtB (2009) (11)
- The C terminus of the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase is not essential for transcriptional activation of sigma 54 holoenzyme (1993) (11)
- Expression ofcr54 (ntrA)-Dependent GenesIsProbably United bya CommonMechanism (1989) (11)
- 25 Prokaryotic Transcriptional Enhancers (1992) (10)
- SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF THE N-TERMINAL RECEIVER DOMAIN OF NTRC (1995) (9)
- Expression of sigma 54 (ntrA)-dependent genes is probably united by a common mechanism (1989) (8)
- Genome Image Programs (2004) (6)
- InVitro Transcription oftheNitrogen Fixation Regulatory Operon nifLAofKlebsiella pneumoniae (1987) (5)
- Mechanism of transcription from nif promoters: involvement of IHF (1990) (5)
- BeF\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document} \begin{equation*}{\mathrm{_{3}^{-}}}\end{equation*}\end{document} acts as a phosphate ana (2001) (4)
- Evidence that nitrogen regulatory gene ntrC of Salmonella typhimurium is transcribed from the glnA promoter as well as from a separate ntr promoter (2004) (3)
- Coordinated Slowing of Metabolism in Enteric Bacteria under Nitrogen Limitation: A Perspective (2001) (3)
- Regulation of Transcription of glnA, the structural gene encoding glutamine synthetase, in glnA:: Mu d1 (ApR, lac) fusion strains of Salmonella typhimurium (2004) (3)
- A New Role for NtrC: Control of Klebsiella pneumoniae nifL Activity (1998) (3)
- DNA-looping and enhancer activity : Association between DNA-bound NtrC activator and RNA polymerase at the bacterial ginA promoter ( positive regulation / protein-protein interaction / transcription regulation ) (2)
- A Maltose-Binding Protein-NIFA (MBP-NIFA) Fusion Activates Transcription from the Klebsiella Pneumoniae nifH Promoter in a Purified System: Stimulation by IHF (1993) (2)
- Genetic evidence for an essential oscillation of transmembrane spanning segment 5 in the E . coli ammonium channel AmtB (2009) (2)
- Characterization of mutations that lie in the promoter-regulatory region for glnA, the structural gene encoding glutamine synthetase (2004) (1)
- Characterization of λglnA+ phages used as templates for in vitro synthesis of glutamine synthetase (1982) (1)
- MINIMIZED AVERAGE STRUCTURE OF BERYLLOFLUORIDE-ACTIVATED NTRC RECEIVER DOMAIN: MODEL STRUCTURE INCORPORATING ACTIVE SITE CONTACTS (2003) (0)
- COMPARISON OF PROTEIN AND MRNA PROFILES OF ESCHERICHIA COLI : DATA VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC GENE GROUPS (2006) (0)
- The Rut Pathway for Pyrimidine Degradation: Novel Chemistry and Toxicity Problems (2011) (0)
- Purification of the Alternative 0 Factor, os*, from Salmonella typhimurium and Characterization of holoenzyme* (2001) (0)
- Phospho-Aspartyl Intermediate Analogue of Phosphoserine phosphatase (2001) (0)
- 1H, 15N and 13C Chemical Shift Assignments for NtrC-C-term-3Ala (1999) (0)
- SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF BERYLLOFLUORIDE-ACTIVATED NTRC RECEIVER DOMAIN: MODEL STRUCTURES INCORPORATING ACTIVE SITE CONTACTS (2003) (0)
- 1H, 13C, and 15N Chemical Shift Assignments for the N-terminal receiver domain of NtrC (unphosphorylated) (2000) (0)
- Crystal structure of sigm54 activator (AAA+ ATPase) in the inactive state (2003) (0)
- The N-Terminally Bound FAD Cofactor of NifL is Required to Mediate the Response to Environmental Changes in Klebsiella pneumoniae (1998) (0)
- The Pivotal Twin-Histidine Element of the Escherichia Coli Ammonium Channel AmtB Functions as a Substrate Selectivity Filter (2012) (0)
- CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACTIVATED CHEY BOUND TO THE N-TERMINUS OF FLIM (2001) (0)
- Physical Evidence for Communication between the Receiver and Output Domains of the Enhancer-Binding Protein NtrC upon Phosphorylation (1998) (0)
- Solution structure and backbone dynamics of beryllofluoride-activated NTRC receiver domain (2003) (0)
- InVitro Activity oftheNitrogen Fixation Regulatory Protein FIXJ fromRhizobium meliloti (1991) (0)
- SOLUTION STRUCTURE OF BEF3-ACTIVATED CHEY FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI (2000) (0)
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