Identification and characterization of genes encoding carbazole 1,9a- dioxygenase in Pseudomonas sp. strain CA10

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4850-4858

  Sato, Shin Ichi ^a   Nam, Jeong Won ^a   Kasuga, Kano ^a   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; PLASMID DNA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0030744612     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.15.4850-4858.1997     Document Type: Article

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