Overexpression of a single membrane component from the Bacillus mer operon enhanced mercury resistance in an Escherichia coli host

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1494-1499

  Hsieh, Ju Liang ^a   Chen, Ching Yi ^a   Chang, Jo Shu ^b   Endo, Ginro ^c   Huang, Chieh Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Mercury; MerP

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOBLOT ANALYSIS; ION BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT STRAIN;

ADSORBENTS; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; MERCURY (METAL); PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERCURY; MERP PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON;

ADSORPTION; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERCURY; OPERON; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEINS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34347341832     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70003     Document Type: Article

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