Cloning and characterization of corA, a gene encoding a copper-repressible polypeptide in the type I methanotroph, Methylomicrobium albus BG8

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Berson, Olga ^a,b   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b American Technologies Group   (United States)

Author keywords

copper transport; copper regulated polypeptide; copper repressible polypeptide; methanotroph; Methylomicrobium albus BG8

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; ION TRANSPORT; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0030935208     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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