Heterologous expression of heterotrophic nitrification genes

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3775-3783

  Crossman, Lisa C ^a   Moir, James W B ^a,b   Enticknap, Julie J ^a,c   Richardson, David J ^a   Spiro, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia monooxygenase; Heterotrophic nitrification; Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase; Methylobacterium extorquens; Paracoccus denitrificans

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EPOXIDE; ETHYLENE; METHANE; METHANOL; NITRITE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG OXIDATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITRIFICATION; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031450608     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3775     Document Type: Article

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