Expression of alkane hydroxylase from Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 is induced by a broad range of n-alkanes and requires the transcriptional activator AlkR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5822-5827

  Ratajczak, Andreas ^a   Geißdörfer, Walter ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DECANE; HEPTANE; LAURYL ALCOHOL; OCTADECANOL; OXYGENASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031791390     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5822-5827.1998     Document Type: Article

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