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Inducible resistance to zinc ions in Bacillus subtilis 168
Z Podlesek1, B Herzog, J Ambrozic
1Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|October 15, 1993
Abstract:
Chromosomally determined resistance to Zn2+ ions is a property of Bacillus subtilis 168. Resistance is inducible and is not connected with Cd2+ resistance, characteristic of plasmid determined resistance in bacteria. A few proteins were shown to respond to inducible levels of the cation.