Complete sequence of a 184-kilobase catabolic plasmid from Sphingomonas aromaticivorans F199

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1585-1602

  Romine, Margaret F ^a   Stillwell, Lisa C ^a   Wong, Kwong Kwok ^a   Thurston, Sarah J ^a   Sisk, Ellen C ^a,e   Sensen, Christoph ^b   Gaasterland, Terry ^c,d,f   Fredrickson, Jim K ^a   Saffer, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; META XYLENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PARA CRESOL; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS AROMATICIVORANS;

SPHINGOMONAS AROMATICIVORANS;

EID: 0033027259     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1585-1602.1999     Document Type: Article

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