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The DNA distortion mechanism for transcription activation by MerR-family metalloregulators. The orange-colored base pairs denote the dyad-symmetric sequence that the metalloregulator recognizes. The green shades denote the −10 and −35 elements of the promoter. The mechanism for transcription deactivation is unclear (red arrow).
