Studies on spontanous promoter-up mutations in the transcriptional activator-encoding gene phlR and their effects on the degradation of phenol in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 539-547

  Burchhardt, G ^a   Schmidt, I ^a   Cuypers, H ^a   Petruschka, L ^a   Volker A ^a   Herrmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Phenol degradation; Promoter up mutations; Pseudomonas putida; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

CARBON; OXYGENASE; PHENOL; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; NITROGEN; PHENOL 2-MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL HYDROXYLASE; PHLR PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; OPERON; PHENOL; PHENOLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030611119     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050449     Document Type: Article

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