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January 1, 2017Chemical ScienceOpen Access

Sensing iron availability via the fragile [4Fe–4S] cluster of the bacterial transcriptional repressor RirA

Ma Teresa Pellicer Martinez Ana Bermejo Martínez Jason C. Crack John D. Holmes Dimitri A. Svistunenko Andrew Johnston Myles R. Cheesman Jonathan D. Todd Nick E. Le Brun

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The global iron regulator RirA controls transcription of iron metabolism genes via the binding of a fragile [4Fe–4S] cluster.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab4b847e7c596232ddea8ae https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc02801f

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