Capacity of mercury volatilization by mer (from Escherichia coli) and glutathione S-transferase (from Schistosoma mansoni) genes cloned in Escherichia coli

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 261, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 109-113

  Cursino, Luciana ^a   Mattos, Silvânia V M ^b   Azevedo, Vasco ^a   Galarza, Flávia ^b   Bücker, Daniel H ^a   Chartone Souza, Edmar ^a   Nascimento, Andréa M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b R Conde Pereira Carneiro 80 C   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioremediation; Glutathione S transferase; Inorganic mercury; Operon mer; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MERCURY; OPERON; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0034676146     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00629-X     Document Type: Article

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