A novel cyanide-inducible gene cluster helps protect Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cyanide

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-34

  Frangipani, Emanuela ^a,c   Pérez Martínez, Isabel ^a,d   Williams, Huw D ^b   Cherbuin, Gaëtan ^a,e   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84892635666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12105     Document Type: Article

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