Heterologous expression of alkene monooxygenase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous B-276

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 446-452

  Smith, Thomas J ^a   Lloyd, John S ^a   Gallagher, Stephen C ^a   Fosdike, William L J ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a   Dalton, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterologous expression; Monooxygenase; Rhodococcus rhodochrous B 276; Stereoselective epoxygenation; Streptomyces lividans

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHODOCOCCUS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; OXYGENASES; RHODOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES;

CORALLINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GORDONIA RUBRIPERTINCTUS; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0033104755     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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