Isopropylbenzene catabolic pathway in Pseudomonas putida RE204: Nucleotide sequence analysis of the ipb operon and neighboring DNA from pRE4

Biodegradation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-132

  Eaton, Richard W ^a   Selifonova, Olga V ^b   Gedney, Rita M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Catabolic plasmids; IS elements; Isopropylbenzene catabolism operon; pRE4; XylS AraC family

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUMENE; DNA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID DNA; PROMOTER REGION; PYRUVIC ACID; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CATABOLIC PLASMIDS; CATABOLISM; ISOPROPYLBENZENE; OPERONS;

BIODEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031761306     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008386221961     Document Type: Article

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