Cloning, sequencing, and analysis of a gene cluster from Chelatobacter heintzii ATCC 29600 encoding nitrilotriacetate monooxygenase and NADH:flavin mononucleotide oxidoreductase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1112-1116

  Xu, Yongrui ^a,b,d   Mortimer, Michael W ^c   Fisher, Tim S ^b   Kahn, Michael L ^c   Brockman, Fred J ^b   Xun, Luying ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIONACEAE;

AMINOBACTER AMINOVORANS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0031053419     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1112-1116.1997     Document Type: Article

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