Engineering a hybrid pseudomonad to acquire 3,4-dioxygenase activity for polychlorinated biphenyls

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Suenaga, Hikaru ^a   Nishi, Akito ^a   Watanabe, Takahito ^a   Sakai, Masashi ^b   Furukawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biphenyl dioxygenase; bph genes; Hybrid strain; PCB degradation; Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 0032912669     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80090-5     Document Type: Article

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