Involvement of Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhodanese in protection from cyanide toxicity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-398

  Cipollone, Rita ^a   Frangipani, Emanuela ^a,c   Tiburzi, Federica ^a,b   Imperi, Francesco ^a,b   Ascenzi, Paolo ^a,b   Visca, Paolo ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CYANIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOXICITY;

CYANIDE TOXICITY; CYTOPLASMIC ENZYMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT; PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES;

ENZYMES;

CYANIDE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; SULFURTRANSFERASE; THIOCYANATE; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIUM; CYANIDE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PROMOTER REGION; PSD GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHDA GENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THIOCYANATES; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33846415855     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02143-06     Document Type: Article

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