Gene sequence and properties of an s-triazine ring-cleavage enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. strain NRRLB-12227

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3512-3517

  Karns, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYANURIC ACID; HYDROLASE;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032792079     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3512-3517.1999     Document Type: Article

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