Molecular characterisation of a Rhodococcus ohp operon

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 175-188

  Powell, Justin A C ^a   Archer, John A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catechol 2,3 dioxygenase; Gene disruption; Hydroxymuconicsemialdehyde hydrolase; Monooxygenase operon; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ATROLACTIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; CELL EXTRACT; HYDROLASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOASSAY; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DIOXYGENASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PHENYLPROPIONATES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032461682     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001784702230     Document Type: Article

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