Tellurite reductase activity of nitrate reductase is responsible for the basal resistance of Escherichia coli to tellurite

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1181-1189

  Avazéri, Cécile ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^b   Pommier, Jeanine ^c   Weiner, Joël H ^b   Giordano, Gérard ^c   Verméglio, André ^a  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Tellurite and selenate reductase; Tellurite resistance

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 1842297642     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1181     Document Type: Article

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