Transcriptional control of the main aromatic hydrocarbon efflux pump in Pseudomonas

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-167

  Fillet, Sandy ^a   Daniels, Craig ^b   Pini, Cecilia ^a   Krell, Tino ^a   Duque, Estrella ^a   Bernal, Patricia ^a   Segura, Ana ^a   Lu, Duo ^c   Zhang, Xiadong ^c   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84863337564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00255.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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