Identification of an aox system that requires cytochrome c in the highly arsenic-resistant bacterium Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 5141-5147

  Branco, Rita ^a   Francisco, Romeu ^a   Chung, Ana Paula ^a   Morais, Paula Vasconcelos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ARSENITE OXIDASE; C-TYPE CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; GENE CLUSTERS; GENES CODING; MOLYBDOPTERIN; OCHROBACTRUM TRITICI; OXIDATION PROCESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS; TWO-COMPONENT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; GENES; OXIDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYTOCHROME; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; OXIDATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM TRITICI; OPERON; OXIDATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARSENATES; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OCHROBACTRUM; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCHROBACTRUM TRITICI;

EID: 67651247606     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02798-08     Document Type: Article

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