Synthesis of alkane hydroxylase of Pseudomonas oleovorans increases the iron requirement of alk+ bacterial strains

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 228-237

  Staijen, Ivo E ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alk+ recombinants; Alkane hydroxylase; AlkB; Escherichia coli; Iron; Pseudomonas oleovorans

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; IRON;

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE;

ENZYMES;

ALKANE; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 0031983265     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980120)57:2<228::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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