Role of aspergillus niger acra in arsenic resistance and its use as the basis for an arsenic biosensor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3855-3863

  Choe, Se In ^a   Gravelat, Fabrice N ^a   Abdallah, Qusai Al ^a   Lee, Mark J ^a   Gibbs, Bernard F ^a   Sheppard, Donald C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC RESISTANCE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EFFLUX PUMPS; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GENE KNOCKOUT; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; NIGER; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; SPECTROFLUORIMETRY; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; ASPERGILLUS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RNA;

BIOSENSORS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROUND WATER; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ARSENIC; ARSENITES; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL MEMBRANE; DRINKING WATER; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GROUNDWATER; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 84864099499     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07771-11     Document Type: Article

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