Novel pathway for arsenic detoxification in the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 6991-6997

  Yang, Hung Chi ^a   Cheng, Jiujun ^b   Finan, Turlough M ^b   Rosen, Barry P ^a   Bhattacharjee, Hiranmoy ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; ARSENATE REDUCTASE; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN AQPS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARS GENE; ARSB GENE; ARSC GENE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSR GENE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE DISRUPTION; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIONT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AQUAPORINS; ARSENIC; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FABACEAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ION PUMPS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 26444519913     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.20.6991-6997.2005     Document Type: Article

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