Towards a biocatalyst for (S)-styrene oxide production: Characterization of the styrene degradation pathway of Pseudomonas sp. strain VLB120

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2032-2043

  Panke, Sven ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^a   Schmid, Andreas ^a   Wubbolts, Marcel G ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; ISOMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA POLYMERASE; STYRENE; STYRENE OXIDE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; ENANTIOMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIGOFERA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031745849     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2032-2043.1998     Document Type: Article

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