Regulation of the cnr cobalt and nickel resistance determinant of Ralstonia eutropha (Alcaligenes eutrophus) CH34

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1399-1409

  Tibazarwa, C ^a,b   Wuertz, S ^a,c   Mergeay, M ^a   Wyns, L ^b   Van Der Lelie, D ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBALT; HYBRID PROTEIN; NICKEL; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COBALT; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NICKEL; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033950956     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.5.1399-1409.2000     Document Type: Article

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