Cloning, sequencing and expression in Escherichia coli of two Rhizobium sp. genes encoding haloalkanoate dehalogenases of opposite stereospecificity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 744-749

  Cairns, Stephen S ^a   Cornish, Alex ^b   Cooper, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Chloropropionic acid; Dehalogenase; Gene cloning; Rhizobium; Sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

DEHALOGENASE; ISOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 0030026591     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.t01-1-00744.x     Document Type: Article

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