Amplification of putative chlorocatechol dioxygenase gene fragments from α- and β-Proteobacteria

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 482-486

  Leander, Michelle ^a   Vallaeys, Tatiana ^b   Fulthorpe, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetate; Biodegradation; Chlorobenzoate; Detection; Ortho cleavage

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZOATES; DIOXYGENASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RALSTONIA; SPHINGOMONAS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0031847878     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-44-5-482     Document Type: Article

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