Role of MerC, MerE, MerF, MerT, and/or MerP in resistance to mercurials and the transport of mercurials in escherichia coli

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1835-1841

  Sone, Yuka ^a   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Pan Hou, Hidemitsu ^b   Itoh, Tomoo ^a   Kiyono, Masako ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MerC; Mercurial transporter; MerE; MerF; MerP; MerT

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MERC PROTEIN; MERCURY; MERE PROTEIN; MERF PROTEIN; MERP PROTEIN; MERT PROTEIN; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MERC GENE; MERE GENE; MERF GENE; MERP GENE; MERT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MERCURY; PHENYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84888585567     PISSN: 09186158     EISSN: 13475215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b13-00554     Document Type: Article

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