Gram-positive merA gene in gram-negative oral and urine bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 411-416

  Ojo, Kayode K ^a   Tung, Diane ^a   Luis, Henrique ^b   Bernardo, Mario ^b   Leitao, Jorge ^b   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; MERCURY REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MERA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

EID: 4444226854     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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