Identification of the inducing agent of the 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid pathway encoded by plasmid pJP4

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 317-320

  Filer, Keith ^a,c   Harker, Alan R ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE;

ALCALIGENES; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031014673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.317-320.1997     Document Type: Article

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