Characterization of the p-toluenesulfonate operon tsaMBCD and tsaR in Comamonas testosteroni T-2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 919-927

  Junker, Frank ^a   Kiewitz, Roland ^b   Cook, Alasdair M ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031015924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.919-927.1997     Document Type: Article

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