Overexpression of MerT, the mercuric ion transport protein of transposon Tn501, and genetic selection of mercury hypersensitivity mutations

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Hobman, Jonathan L ^a   Brown, Nigel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Membrane protein function; Mercury hypersensitivity; Mercury resistance; Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ION; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030061671     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050059     Document Type: Article

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