xyIUW, two genes at the start of the upper pathway operon of TOL plasmid pWW0, appear to play no essential part in determining its catabolic phenotype

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Williams, Peter A ^a   Shaw, Linda M ^a   Pitt, Christopher W ^a,b   Vrecl, Milka ^a,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas putida strain mt 2; TOL plasmid pWW0; Toluene xylene catabolism; xyl genes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYLAMINE; MANDELIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TOLUENE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CHROMOSOME; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031024264     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-101     Document Type: Article

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