Implications of the xylQ gene of TOL plasmid pWW102 for the evolution of aromatic catabolic pathways

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1387-1396

  Aemprapa, Sirinun ^a,b   Williams, Peter A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY LANNA   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating); Pseudomonas putida; TOL plasmid; Toluene xylene catabolism; xylQ

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROLYASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE MAPPING; GENE ORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

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

EID: 0031781286     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1387     Document Type: Article

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