A periplasmic arsenite-binding protein involved in regulating arsenite oxidation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1624-1634

  Liu, Guanghui ^a,b   Liu, Mengyao ^b   Kim, Eun Hae ^c   Maaty, Walid S ^b   Bothner, Brian ^b   Lei, Benfang ^b   Rensing, Christopher ^c   Wang, Gejiao ^a   McDermott, Timothy R ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE OXIDASE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARSENITES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859828097     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02672.x     Document Type: Article

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