Characterization of two regulatory genes of the mercury resistance determinants from TnMERI1 by luciferase-based examination

Gene

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-20

  Huang, Chieh Chen ^a,b   Narita, Masaru ^a   Yamagata, Takeshi ^a   Endo, Ginro ^a   Silver, Simon ^c  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Gene expression; Gram positive mer; Lux fusion expression; Mer transposon; Mercury resistance

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRUM MERCURY RESISTANCE TRANSPOSON; GENE PRODUCT; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LUCIFERASE; MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUCIFERASES; LYASES; MERCURY; PHENYLMERCURIC ACETATE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037073412     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)01086-7     Document Type: Article

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