Characterization of the expression of the thcB gene, coding for a pesticide-degrading cytochrome P-450 in Rhodococcus strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-407

  Shao, Z Q ^a   Behki, Ram ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOFURAN; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME P450; DIPROPYLTHIOCARBAMIC ACID S ETHYL ESTER; GLUCOSE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIMAZINE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0030033702     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.403-407.1996     Document Type: Article

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