The role of cysteine residues in tellurite resistance mediated by the TehAB determinant

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 394-400

  Dyllick Brenzinger, Melanie ^a   Liu, Mingfu ^b   Winstone, Tara L ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^b   Turner, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Methyltransferase; S adenosyl L methionine; Site directed mutagenesis; tehAtehB; Tellurite resistance

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034703627     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3686     Document Type: Article

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