Unexpected Effects of Gene Deletion on Interactions of Mercury with the Methylation-Deficient Mutant ΔhgcAB

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 271-276

  Lin, Hui ^a   Hurt, Richard A ^b   Johs, Alexander ^a   Parks, Jerry M ^b   Morrell Falvey, Jennifer L ^b   Liang, Liyuan ^a   Elias, Dwayne A ^b   Gu, Baohua ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84969165430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez500107r     Document Type: Article

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