Location of a potassium tellurite resistance operon (tehA tehB) within the terminus of Escherichia coli K-12.
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A tellurite resistance determinant, believed to have been cloned from the IncHII plasmid pHH1508a (E. G. Walter, J. H. Weiner, and D. E. Taylor, Gene 101:1-7, 1991), was shown instead to have originated from the chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12. The two genes, tehA and tehB, constitute an operon located in the terminus at approximately 32.3 min.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of bacteriology
دوره 176 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994