Cloning and characterization of the genes encoding nitrilotriacetate monooxygenase of Chelatobacter heintzii ATCC 29600

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6123-6132

  Knobel, Hans Rudolf ^a   Egli, Thomas ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITRILOTRIACETATE MONOOXYGENASE; PRISTAMYCIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINOBACTER AMINOVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029959769     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6123-6132.1996     Document Type: Article

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