Nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding an organophosphorus nerve agent degrading enzyme from Alteromonas haloplanktis

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Cheng, T C ^a   Liu, L ^b   Wang, B ^b   Wu, J ^b   DeFrank, J J ^a   Anderson, D M ^b   Rastogi, V K ^c   Hamilton, A B ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b ChemGen Corp   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteromonas organophosphorus acid anhydrolase gene; Sequencing and functional homology to prolidase; X Pro dipeptidase

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDE; HYDROLASE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PROLINE DIPEPTIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIPEPTIDASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030901409     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900358     Document Type: Article

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