A chromosomal ars operon homologue of Pseudomonas aeruginosa confers increased resistance to arsenic and antimony in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2705-2713

  Cai, Jie ^a   Salmon, Kirsty ^a   DuBow, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic resistance; Chromosomal ars operon; Evolutionary conservation; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031734733     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2705     Document Type: Article

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