Catechol 2,3-dioxygenases functional in oxygen-limited (hypoxic) environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1728-1740

  Kukor, Jerome J ^a   Olsen, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CATECHOL; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME KINETICS; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030012764     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1728-1740.1996     Document Type: Article

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