Regioselectivity of nitroglycerin denitration by flavoprotein nitroester reductases purified from two Pseudomonas species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6912-6920

  Blehert, David S ^a   Knoke, Kyle L ^a   Fox, Brian G ^a,b   Chambliss, Glenn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030731165     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.6912-6920.1997     Document Type: Article

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