Reversible phase variation in the phnE gene, which is required for phosphonate metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 6118-6123

  Iqbal, Samina ^a   Parker, George ^a   Davidson, Helen ^a   Moslehi Rahmani, Elham ^a   Robson, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; ALKYL GROUP; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNAQ GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTD GENE; MUTS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHNE GENE; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINOETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4444325284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.18.6118-6123.2004     Document Type: Article

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