The plasmid-located haloalkane dehalogenase gene from Rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB 13064

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Kulakova, Anna N ^a   Larkin, Michael J ^a   Kulakov, Leonid A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dha derivatives; dhaA; Genome rearrangements; Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DICHLOROETHANE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DEHALOGENATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; XANTHOBACTER AUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 0031026361     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-109     Document Type: Article

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