Functional and expression analysis of the metal-inducible dmeRF system from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6414-6422

  Rubio Sanz, L ^a   Prieto, R I ^a   Imperial, J ^a,b   Palacios, J M ^a   Brito, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION DIFFUSION FACILITATORS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; ENDOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; MICRO-AEROBIC CULTURE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL UNITS;

COBALT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; NICKEL; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

METALS;

CATION; COBALT; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMEOSTASIS; NICKEL; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

CARRIER PROTEIN; COBALT; NICKEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERON; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS;

COBALT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NICKEL; OPERON; PEAS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84885049877     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01954-13     Document Type: Article

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