Characterization of a unique chromosomal copper resistance gene cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8284-8291

  Basim, Huseyin ^a,c   Minsavage, Gerald V ^a   Stall, Robert E ^a   Wang, Jaw Fen ^b   Shanker, Savita ^a   Jones, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

COPPER RESISTSNCE GENES; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PEPTIDE PROTEINS;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

COPPER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATION TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME; CONJUGATION; COPPER RESISTANCE GENE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORF1 GENE; ORF3 GENE; ORF4 GENE; PEPPER; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TAIWAN; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 29144477719     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8284-8291.2005     Document Type: Article

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