The metabolic pathway of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation involves different families of tfdA and tfdB genes according to PCR-RFLP analysis

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-172

  Vallaeys, Tatiana ^a   Fulthorpe, Roberta R ^b,c   Wright, Alice M ^b   Soulas, Guy ^a  

^a Lab Phytopharmacie BIC   (France)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 Dichlorophenolhydroxylase; Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134; Alpha ketoglutamte dependent dioxygenase; Burkholderia sp. RASC; PCR primer; TfdA gene; TfdB gene

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030200765     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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