Genetic and transcriptional analysis of a novel plasmid-encoded copper resistance operon from Lactococcus lactis

Gene

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 241-247

  Liu, Chun Qiang ^a,b   Charoechai, Pilaiwan ^a   Khunajakr, Nongpanga ^a   Deng, Yi Mo ^a   Widodo, ^a   Dunn, Noel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genes for copper resistance (lcoABC); Metal ion; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Transposon from Escherichia coli (Tn5) mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER ION; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE ORDER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037019807     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00918-6     Document Type: Article

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