Lack of involvement of merT and merP in methylmercury transport in mercury resistant Pseudomonas K-62

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 301-306

  Kiyono, Masako ^a   Omura, Tomoko ^a   Fujimori, Hiroyuki ^a   Pan hou, Hidemitsu ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypersensitive to Hg2+; Mercurial resistance; Pseudomonas K 62; Role of merT merP; Transport of methylmercury; Volatilization of mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029070325     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00122-L     Document Type: Article

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