Cloning and characterization of genes encoding an enzyme which oxidizes dimethyl sulfide in Acinetobacter sp. strain 20B

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-105

  Horinouchi, Masae ^a   Kasuga, Kano ^a   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sp.; Dimethyl sulfide; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Multicomponent monooxygenase

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFIDES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIGOFERA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031474020     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00373-X     Document Type: Article

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