Arrangement and regulation of the genes for meta-pathway enzymes required for degradation of phenol in Comamonas testosteroni TA441

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1707-1715

  Arai, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Ohishi, Tohru ^a   Chang, Mee Young ^a   Kudo, Toshiaki ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Comamonas testosteroni; Meta pathway; Phenol

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATECHOL; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI;

EID: 0033910753     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1707     Document Type: Article

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