Molecular characterization of cadmium resistance in Streptococcus thermophilus strain 4134: An example of lateral gene transfer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5508-5516

  Schirawski, Jan ^a   Hagens, Werner ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; ZINC;

TRANSCRIPTION;

MICROORGANISMS;

CAD PROTEIN; CADA PROTEIN; CADC PROTEIN; CADMIUM; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036840117     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5508-5516.2002     Document Type: Article

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