Ralstonia metallidurans, a bacterium specifically adapted to toxic metals: Towards a catalogue of metal-responsive genes

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 385-410

  Mergeay, Max ^a,b   Monchy, Sébastien ^a,c   Vallaeys, Tatiana ^a,d   Auquier, Vanessa ^c   Benotmane, Abderrafi ^a   Bertin, Philippe ^a   Taghavi, Safiyh ^b,e   Dunn, John ^e   Van Der Lelie, Daniel ^b,e   Wattiez, Ruddy ^f  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genome; Heavy metal; HME RND efflux system; Mobile genetic element; P1 ATPase; Plasmid; Proteomics; Ralstonia metallidurans; Regulation; Resistance gene

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER; METAL;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTOPE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA METALLIDURANS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA METALLIDURANS;

EID: 0038240634     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00045-7     Document Type: Review

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