Sydney Kustu

Research.com Recognitions

• 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Expression of sigma 54 (ntrA)-dependent genes is probably united by a common mechanism.

  S Kustu;E Santero;J Keener;D Popham

  698
  Citations

• Function of a Bacterial Activator Protein that Binds to Transcriptional Enhancers

  David L. Popham;Daniel Szeto;John Keener;Sydney Kustu

  545
  Citations

• Nitrogen regulatory protein C-controlled genes of Escherichia coli: Scavenging as a defense against nitrogen limitation

  Daniel P. Zimmer;Eric Soupene;Haidy L. Lee;Volker F. Wendisch

  469
  Citations

• The integration host factor stimulates interaction of RNA polymerase with NIFA, the transcriptional activator for nitrogen fixation operons

  Timothy R. Hoover;Eduardo Santero;Susan Porter;Sydney Kustu

  415
  Citations

• The phosphorylated form of the enhancer-binding protein NTRC has an ATPase activity that is essential for activation of transcription

  David S. Weiss;Jacques Batut;Karl E. Klose;John Keener

  398
  Citations

• Unusual Oligomerization Required for Activity of NtrC, a Bacterial Enhancer-Binding Protein

  Claire Wyman;Irene Rombel;Anne K. North;Carlos Bustamante

  351
  Citations

• DNA-looping and enhancer activity: association between DNA-bound NtrC activator and RNA polymerase at the bacterial glnA promoter.

  Wen Su;Susan Porter;Sydney Kustu;Harrison Echols

  347
  Citations

• Structure of a transiently phosphorylated switch in bacterial signal transduction

  Dorothee Kern;Brian F. Volkman;Peter Luginbühl;Michael J. Nohaile

  282
  Citations

• Salmonella typhimurium apparently perceives external nitrogen limitation as internal glutamine limitation.

  Timothy P. Ikeda;Andrea E. Shauger;Sydney Kustu

  260
  Citations

• Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA+ ATPase domains.

  Seok Yong Lee;Armando De La Torre;Armando De La Torre;Dalai Yan;Sydney Kustu

  253
  Citations

• Glutamate at the Site of Phosphorylation of Nitrogen-regulatory Protein NTRC Mimics Aspartyl-Phosphate and Activates the Protein

  Karl E. Klose;David S. Weiss;Sydney Kustu

  251
  Citations

• A bacterial enhancer functions to tether a transcriptional activator near a promoter

  Andrew Wedel;David S. Weiss;David Popham;Peter Dröge

  250
  Citations

• Prokaryotic transcriptional enhancers and enhancer-binding proteins.

  Sydney Kustu;Anne K. North;David S. Weiss

  250
  Citations

• Oligomerization of NTRC at the glnA enhancer is required for transcriptional activation.

  Susan C. Porter;Anne K. North;Andrew B. Wedel;Sydney Kustu

  248
  Citations

• Ammonia acquisition in enteric bacteria: Physiological role of the ammonium/methylammonium transport B (AmtB) protein

  Eric Soupene;Luhong He;Dalai Yan;Sydney Kustu

  246
  Citations

• Lack of the Rhesus protein Rh1 impairs growth of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii at high CO2.

  Eric Soupene;William Inwood;Sydney Kustu

  241
  Citations

• Physiological studies of Escherichia coli strain MG1655: growth defects and apparent cross-regulation of gene expression

  Eric Soupene;Wally C. van Heeswijk;Jacqueline Plumbridge;Valley Stewart

  240
  Citations

• Toward a protein profile of Escherichia coli: comparison to its transcription profile.

  Rebecca W. Corbin;Oleg Paliy;Feng Yang;Jeffrey Shabanowitz

  228
  Citations

• Crystal structure of an activated response regulator bound to its target.

  Seok-Yong Lee;Ho S. Cho;Ho S. Cho;Jeffrey G. Pelton;Dalai Yan

  222
  Citations

• The bacterial enhancer-binding protein NTRC is a molecular machine: ATP hydrolysis is coupled to transcriptional activation.

  Andrew Wedel;Andrew Wedel;Sydney Kustu

  206
  Citations