phnE and glpT genes enhance utilization of organophosphates in Escherichia coli K-12

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2601-2608

  Elashvili, Ilya ^a,b   Defrank, Joseph J ^b   Culotta, Valeria C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOXYLPHOSPHATE 4 TOLUIDINE; DYFLOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031813763     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2601-2608.1998     Document Type: Article

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