A two-component system involved in regulation of anaerobic toluene metabolism in Thauera aromatica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Leuthner, Birgitta ^a   Heider, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Benzylsuccinate synthase; Regulation; Toluene degradation; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; DNA FRAGMENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BINDING SITES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STYRENE; STYRENES; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; THAUERA; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 0031687366     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00308-5     Document Type: Article

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