Functional analyses of a variety of chimeric dioxygenases constructed from two biphenyl dioxygenases that are similar structurally but different functionally

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3936-3943

  Kimura, Nobutada ^a   Nishi, Akito ^a   Goto, Masatoshi ^a   Furukawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 0030998438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3936-3943.1997     Document Type: Article

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