Gene expression of the arsenic resistance operon in Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-142

  De Azevedo, Juliana Simão Nina ^a   Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a   Silva, Artur ^a   Carepo, Marta Sofia Peixe ^a,b   Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz ^a  

^a Laboratório de Polimorfismo de DNA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ars operon; Chromobacterium violaceum; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LINEAR REGRESSION; METALLOIDS; PROTEINS;

ARSENIC RESISTANCE OPERON; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; TRANSCRIPTION RATES;

BACTERIA;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM ATCC 12472; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39749186577     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-123     Document Type: Article

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