An initial characterization of the mercury resistance (mer) system of the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-129

  Wang, Yanping ^d   Freedman, Zachary ^d   Lu Irving, Patricia ^b,d   Kaletsky, Rachel ^c,d   Barkay, Tamar ^a,d  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Induction; Mercuric reductase; Mercury resistance; Thermus thermophilus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PROTEIN; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MERA GENE; MERCURIALISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; MERCURY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 57449098649     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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