Plasmid-mediated formaldehyde resistance in Escherichia coli: Characterization of resistance gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2276-2279

  Kümmerle, Nicole ^a   Feucht, Heinz Hubert ^a   Kaulfers, Paul Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; PLASMID DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029820692     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2276     Document Type: Article

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