Genetic organization of sulphur-controlled aryl desulphonation in Pseudomonas putida S-313

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 913-926

  Vermeij, Paul ^a   Wietek, Claudia ^a   Kahnert, Antje ^a   Wüest, Thomas ^a   Kertesz, Michael A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARYLSULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BINDING PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SULFUR; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARYLSULFONATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033024195     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01398.x     Document Type: Article

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