Organisation of the bph gene cluster of transposon Tn4371, encoding enzymes for the degradation of biphenyl and 4-chlorobiphenyl compounds

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-506

  Merlin, C ^a   Springael, D ^b   Mergeay, M ^b   Toussaint, A ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Vlaamse Instelling V Technol O   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biphenyl catabolism; bph gene cluster; Regulation; Tn4371

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BIPHENYL; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; COSMID; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TRANSPOSON; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; COSMIDS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031018281     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050349     Document Type: Article

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