Engineering expression of bacterial polyphosphate kinase in tobacco for mercury remediation

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 777-782

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

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY REMEDIATION; PROGENITORS; TRANSGENIC TOBACCO;

BACTERIA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE TRANSFER; GENES;

TOBACCO;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHELATION; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

DNA, PLANT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERCURY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYPHOSPHATES; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33749005627     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0336-3     Document Type: Article

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