An Escherichia coli gene responsive to heavy metals

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-111

  Babai, Reuven ^a   Ron, Eliora Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Gene regulation; Heavy metal; Mercury; Stress response; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CADMIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0031786569     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00369-3     Document Type: Article

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