A gene cluster encoding steps in conversion of naphthalene to gentisate in Pseudomonas sp. strain U2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2522-2530

  Fuenmayor, Sergio L ^a   Wild, Mark ^a   Boyes, Alastair L ^a   Williams, Peter A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE; GENTISIC ACID; NAPHTHALENE; OXYGENASE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031967070     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2522-2530.1998     Document Type: Article

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