Thiobacillus ferrooxidans response to copper and other heavy metals: Growth, protein synthesis and protein phosphorylation

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-195

  Novo, Maria Teresa M ^a   Da Silva, Alba C ^a   Moreto, Ronaldo ^b   Cabral, Paula C P ^a   Costacurta, Antonia ^a   Garcia Jr , Oswaldo ^b   Ottoboni, Laura M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth curves; Heavy metals; Protein phosphorylation; Protein synthesis; T. ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADMIUM; COPPER; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; NICKEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; THIOBACILLUS; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0034100631     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002462701671     Document Type: Article

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