Molecular characterization of the 4-hydroxyphenylacetate catabolic pathway of Escherichia coli W: Engineering a mobile aromatic degradative cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-120

  Prieto, María A ^a   Díaz, Eduardo ^a,b   García, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030029182     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.111-120.1996     Document Type: Article

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