Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate degradation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti: Isolation and characterization of a gene encoding 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 849-857

  Aneja, P ^a   Charles, T C ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; 3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); XANTHINE DEHYDROGENASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032943635     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.849-857.1999     Document Type: Article

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