Genome analysis and characterization of zinc efflux systems of a highly zinc-resistant bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni S44

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 671-679

  Xiong, Jinbo ^a   Li, Dongmei ^b   Li, Hang ^a   He, Minyan ^a,b   Miller, Susan J ^c   Yu, Lu ^a   Rensing, Christopher ^b   Wang, Gejiao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Czc operon; Whole genomic sequence; Zinc resistance; Znt operon

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; LEAD; RESISTANCE NODULATION CELL DIVISION PROTEIN; TRIPARTITE MOTIF PROTEIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZNTA1 PROTEIN; ZNTR1 PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 79960892863     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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