Arsenic sensing and resistance system in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5363-5371

  López Maury, Luis ^a   Florencio, Francisco J ^a   Reyes, José C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARSB GENE; ARSC GENE; ARSH GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; OXIDATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BISMUTH; CHEMOTAXIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ION PUMPS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042337279     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5363-5371.2003     Document Type: Article

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