Nucleotide sequence and expression of the organomercurial-resistance determinants from a Pseudomonas K-62 plasmid pMR26

Gene

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-157

  Kiyono, Masako ^a   Omura, Tomoko ^a   Inuzuka, Manabu ^b   Fujimori, Hiroyuki ^a   Pan Hou, Hidemitsu ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad spectrum; mer operon; Organomercurial lyase; Organomercurial sensing sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LYASE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030972585     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00741-X     Document Type: Article

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