Regulation of arsenate resistance in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 by an arsRBCC operon and an arsC gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3705-3711

  Li, Xiangkai ^a   Krumholz, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NITROSOGUANIDINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SULFATE;

ARSC1 GENE; ARSRBCC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ARSENATE REDUCTASES; ARSENATES; ARSENITES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34248382870     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01913-06     Document Type: Article

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