Arsenic Resistance in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1 Examined by Using an Improved Gene Knockout System

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3187-3194

  Wang, Gejiao ^a   Kennedy, Sean P ^b   Fasiludeen, Sabeena ^b   Rensing, Christopher ^a   DasSarma, Shiladitya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENITE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FLUOROOROTIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARSA GENE; ARSB GENE; ARSC GENE; ARSD GENE; ARSM GENE; ARSR GENE; ARSR2 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIMONY; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SP.; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2342496783     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3187-3194.2004     Document Type: Article

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