Chromosomal Locus for Cadmium Resistance in Pseudomonas putida Consisting of a Cadmium-Transporting ATPase and a MerR Family Response Regulator

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1437-1444

  Lee, Seon Woo ^a,b   Glickmann, Eric ^a,c   Cooksey, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADMIUM; CADMIUM TRANSLOCATING ATPASE; CADR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MERR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADMIUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035320841     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1437-1444.2001     Document Type: Article

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