Transcripts of Gracilaria changii that improve copper tolerance of Escherichia coli

• Main Authors: Ho, Chai Ling, Teo, Swee Sen, Abdul Rahim, Raha, Phang, Siew Moi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22345/1/Transcripts%20of%20Gracilaria%20changii%20that%20improve%20copper%20tolerance%20of%20Escherichia%20coli.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22345/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In this study, we used bacterial functional screening to isolate transcripts from a red seaweed, Gracilaria changii Abbott, Zhang et Xia (Xia et Abbott) that improved copper tolerance of Escherichia coli. We have identified several seaweed proteins that may be involved in copper efflux, detoxificati...