A 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid catabolic pathway in Rhodococcus globerulus PWD1: Cloning and characterization of the hpp operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6145-6153

  Barnes, Michael R ^a   Duetz, Wouter A ^b   Williams, Peter A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS;

EID: 0030882765     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6145-6153.1997     Document Type: Article

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