Molecular mechanisms of Cr(VI) resistance in bacteria and fungi

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 633-659

  Viti, Carlo ^a   Marchi, Emmanuela ^a   Decorosi, Francesca ^a   Giovannetti, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromate; Cr(VI) toxicity; Dichromate; Genomics; Proteomics; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; IRON; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENOMICS; IRON METABOLISM; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEOMICS; REDUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

CHROMATE; CR(VI) TOXICITY; DICHROMATE; GENOMICS; PROTEOMICS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CHROMIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FUNGI; IRON; SULFUR;

EID: 84904051797     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12051     Document Type: Review

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