Capture of a catabolic plasmid that encodes only 2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic acid:α-ketoglutaric acid dioxygenase (TfdA) by genetic complementation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2470-2476

  Top, E M ^a,b   Maltseva, O V ^a   Forney, L J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; OXOGLUTARATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA SP.; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0029900988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2470-2476.1996     Document Type: Article

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