Metalloregulation in Bacillus subtilis: The copZ chromosomal gene is involved in cadmium resistance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-122

  Solovieva, Irina M ^a,b   Entian, Karl Dieter ^b  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; Cadmium and copper resistance; Gene deletions

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER ION; METAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELETION MUTANT; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADMIUM; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COPPER; GENE DELETION; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 2942726042     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.031     Document Type: Article

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