Mobile catabolic genes in bacteria

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 401-410

  Tsuda, Masataka ^a   Tan, Hai Meng ^b   Nishi, Akito ^c   Furukawa, Kensuke ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catabolic pathway evolution; Catabolic transposons; Gene islands; Gene rearrangements; Mobile genetic elements; Xenobiotics degrading genes

Indexed keywords

RESOLVASE; TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032936104     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80086-3     Document Type: Review

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