Mutations in dsbA and dsbB, but not dsbC, lead to an enhanced sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Hg2+ and Cd2+

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Stafford, Simon J ^a   Humphreys, David P ^a,b   Lund, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UCB PHARMA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disulfide bond; dsb protein; Heavy metal toxicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADMIUM; MERCURY; THIOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PROTEIN DISULFIDE-ISOMERASE;

EID: 0032900848     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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