Cloning and Nucleotide Sequences of the Genes Involved in the meta-Cleavage Pathway of Cumene Degradation in Pseudomonas fluorescens IP01

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-254

  Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Toshiaki ^a,b   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumene degradation; Meta cleavage pathway; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

CUMENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0029996226     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)82216-1     Document Type: Article

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