Sequence and Analysis of a Plasmid-Encoded Mercury Resistance Operon from Mycobacterium marinum Identifies MerH, a New Mercuric Ion Transporter

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Bacteriology

• Publication date

  2008-10-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/JB.01063-08PMID 18931130PMCID PMC2612448
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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