The atzB gene of Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP encodes the second enzyme of a novel atrazine degradation pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 916-923

  Boundy Mills, Kyria L ^a   De Souza, Mervyn L ^a   Mandelbaum, Raphi T ^b   Wackett, Lawrence P ^a   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; DEAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SP. ADP;

EID: 0031020591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.916-923.1997     Document Type: Article

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