The ygaVP genes of Escherichia coli form a tributyltin-inducible operon

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1954-1958

  Gueuné, Hervé ^a,c   Durand, Marie José ^a   Thouand, Gérald ^a   DuBow, Michael S ^b  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Site Universitaire de la Courtaisière   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION;

TRANSCRIPTIONAL FUSION; TRIBUTYLTIN-INDUCIBLE OPERON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

TRIBUTYLTIN;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; YGAP GENE; YGAV GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40849104866     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02294-07     Document Type: Article

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