The mer operon of the acidophilic bacterium Thiobacillus T3.2 diverges from its Thiobacillus ferrooxidans counterpart

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-43

  Velasco, Ana ^a   Acebo, Paloma ^b   Flores, Natalia ^a   Perera, Julián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Mer operon; Mercury resistance; Thiobacillus T3.2

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCING; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOBACILLUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0033050179     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050097     Document Type: Article

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