An immunological strategy to monitor in situ the phosphate starvation state in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4990-4993

  Varela, Patricia ^a   Levicán, Gloria ^a   Rivera, Francisco ^a   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; POSIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 0031735255     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4990-4993.1998     Document Type: Article

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