The ars operon in the skin element of Bacillus subtilis confers resistance to arsenate and arsenite

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1655-1661

  Sato, Tsutomu ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031896498     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1655-1661.1998     Document Type: Article

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