Complex regulation of arsenite oxidation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1081-1088

  Kashyap, Des R ^a   Botero, Lina M ^a   Franck, William L ^a   Hassett, Daniel J ^b   McDermott, Timothy R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CARCINOGEN; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ARSENITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31344478245     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1081-1088.2006     Document Type: Article

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