Genetic organization and characteristics of the 3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid degradation pathway of Comamonas testosteroni TA441

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2813-2820

  Arai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takako ^a   Ohishi, Tohru ^a   Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Nakata, Tadashi ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 (3 hydroxyphenyl)propionate; Biodegradation; Comamonas testosteroni; Meta pathway; Trans 3 hydroxycinnamate

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 0032866061     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2813     Document Type: Article

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