Genetic engineering of bacteria for environmental remediation of mercury

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Kiyono, Masako ^a,b   Pan Hou, Hidemitsu ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mercurial bioremediation; Mercury resistant gene; pMKB18; Polyphosphate; Polyphosphate kinase gene

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHELATING AGENT; DIVALENT CATION; LEUCINE; LYASE; MERCURY; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLYPHOSPHATE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCATALYST; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLONING VECTOR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MERCURIALISM; OPERON; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33744755661     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.52.199     Document Type: Short Survey

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