Nickel transport systems in microorganisms

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Eitinger, Thomas ^a   Mandrand Berthelot, Marie Andrée ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Metal ion transport; Metal resistance; Metalloregulatory protein; Nickel containing enzymes; Permease family

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; NICKEL; PERMEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033977298     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050001     Document Type: Short Survey

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