Integrated co-regulation of bacterial arsenic and phosphorus metabolisms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3097-3109

  Kang, Yoon Suk ^a   Heinemann, Joshua ^a   Bothner, Brian ^a   Rensing, Christopher ^b   McDermott, Timothy R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARSENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870534790     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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