Short-chain chromate ion transporter proteins from Bacillus subtilis confer chromate resistance in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5441-5445

  Díaz Magaña, Amada ^a   Aguilar Barajas, Esther ^a   Moreno Sánchez, Rafael ^b   Ramírez Díaz, Martha I ^a   Riveros Rosas, Héctor ^c   Vargas, Eréndira ^a   Cervantes, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CHR3C; PROTEIN CHR3N; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68949147830     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00625-09     Document Type: Article

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