Functional and expression analyses of the cop operon, required for copper resistance in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5159-5168

  Nawapan, Sirikan ^a,b   Charoenlap, Nisanart ^a   Charoenwuttitam, Anchalee ^b   Saenkham, Panatda ^c   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^a,c   Vattanaviboon, Paiboon ^a,d  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^d Center for Environmental Health   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COPPER; COPPER EXPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MENADIONE; PLUMBAGIN; SILVER; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COPARZ GENE; COPR GENE; COPZ GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COPPER; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NAPHTHOQUINONES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN K 3;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67749120324     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00384-09     Document Type: Article

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