Chromosomal integration, tandem amplification, and deamplification in Pseudomonas putida F1 of a 105-kilobase genetic element containing the chlorocatechol degradative genes from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4360-4369

  Ravatn, Roald ^a   Studer, Sonja ^a   Springael, Dirk ^b   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBENZENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031751325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4360-4369.1998     Document Type: Article

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