An alkane-responsive expression system for the production of fine chemicals

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2324-2332

  Panke, Sven ^a   Meyer, Andreas ^a   Huber, Caroline M ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^a   Wubbolts, Marcel G ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DSM Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; OXYGENASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STYRENE OXIDE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033050514     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2324-2332.1999     Document Type: Article

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