Genome comparison of two Exiguobacterium strains from high altitude andean lakes with different arsenic resistance: Identification and 3D modeling of the Acr3 efflux pump.
Arsenic exists in natural systems in a variety of chemical forms, including inorganic arsenite (As [III]) and arsenate (As [V]). The majority of living organisms have evolved various mechanisms to avoid occurrence of arsenic inside the cell due to its toxicity. Common core genes include a transcript...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00050/full |