Highly selective and rapid arsenic removal by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli cells expressing Fucus vesiculosus metallothionein

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2924-2927

  Singh, Shailendra ^a,b   Mulchandani, Ashok ^a   Chen, Wilfred ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHELATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; REMOVAL;

ALGA FUCUS VESICULOSUS; ARSENIC ACCUMULATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CARRIER PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN GLPF;

ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; CHELATING AGENT; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSORPTION; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AQUAPORINS; ARSENIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUCUS; METALLOTHIONEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ALGAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 43049114539     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02871-07     Document Type: Article

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