Differential gene expression in response to copper in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strains possessing dissimilar copper resistance

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-498

  Wu, Xueling ^a   Hu, Qi ^a   Hou, Dongmei ^a   Miao, Bo ^a   Liu, Xueduan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Copper ion stress; Copper resistance; Differential gene expression; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

AFE 0454 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; COPPER RESISTANCE PROTEIN D; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AFE 0454 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHINA; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 79551543500     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.56.491     Document Type: Article

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