Co-expression of Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase and Treponema denticola cysteine desulfhydrase for enhanced arsenic accumulation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Tsai, Shen Long ^a,b   Singh, Shailendra ^b,c   Dasilva, Nancy A ^d   Chen, Wilfred ^a  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cysteine desulfhydrase; Phytochelatin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; BINDING AFFINITIES; CO-EXPRESSION; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; CYSTEINE DESULFHYDRASE; HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PHYTOCHELATINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAINS; YEAST CELL;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SULFUR DETERMINATION; YEAST;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL GROWTH; DETOXIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PHYTOCHELATINS; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFIDES; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 83555172542     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.23325     Document Type: Article

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