Pseudomonas putida mutants in the exbBexbDtonB gene cluster are hypersensitive to environmental and chemical stressors

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Godoy, Patricia ^a   Ramos González, María Isabel ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TOLUENE; TONB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; IRON; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PARABENS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2642538646     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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