Title |
The ins and outs of metal homeostasis by the root nodule actinobacterium Frankia
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1092 |
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Authors |
Teal R Furnholm, Louis S Tisa |
Abstract |
Frankia are actinobacteria that form a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing association with actinorhizal plants, and play a significant role in actinorhizal plant colonization of metal contaminated areas. Many Frankia strains are known to be resistant to several toxic metals and metalloids including Pb2+, Al+3, SeO2, Cu2+, AsO4, and Zn2+. With the availability of eight Frankia genome databases, comparative genomics approaches employing phylogeny, amino acid composition analysis, and synteny were used to identify metal homeostasis mechanisms in eight Frankia strains. Characterized genes from literature and from a meta-analysis of 18 heavy metal gene microarray studies were used for comparison. |
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