Analysis of genes involved in arsenic resistance in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 6206-6215

  Ordóñez, Efrén ^a   Letek, Michal ^a   Valbuena, Noelia ^a   Gil, José A ^a   Mateos, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

ARSENIC RESISTANCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE DISRUPTION; RECOMBINANT STRAINS;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; TOLERANCE;

ARSB GENE; ARSB1 GENE; ARSB2 GENE; ARSB3 GENE; ARSC GENE; ARSC2 GENE; ARSC4 GENE; ARSR GENE; ARSR1 GENE; ARSR2 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITE TRANSPORTING ATPASES; ARSENITES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ION PUMPS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM ATCC 13032;

EID: 26844558809     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.10.6206-6215.2005     Document Type: Article

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