IST1 insertional inactivation of the resB gene: Implications for phenotypic switching in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-229

  Cabrejos, Maria Eugenia ^b   Zhao, Hui Ling ^a   Guacucano, Maritza ^a   Bueno, Susan ^b   Levican, Gloria ^b   Garcia, Emilio ^c   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b   Holmes, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome biogenesis; Insertion sequence; Iron oxidation; IST1; Lateral gene transfer; resB; resC; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON METABOLISM; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR; THIOBACILLUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032813087     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00193-7     Document Type: Article

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