Analysis of pVU3695, a plasmid encoding glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase activity and formaldehyde resistance in the Escherichia coli VU3695 clinical strain

Plasmid

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-126

  Dorsey, Caleb W ^a   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curing; Escherichia coli VU3695; Formaldehyde dehydrogenase; Formaldehyde resistance; Plasmid; Replicon typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STEM CANKER; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DISINFECTANTS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMALDEHYDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1442274706     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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