Characterization of a second tfd gene cluster for chlorophenol and chlorocatechol metabolism on plasmid pJP4 in Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4165-4172

  Laemmli, Caroline M ^a   Leveau, Johan H J ^a,c   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBOXYMETHYLENEBUTENOLIDASE; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROCATECHOL; CHLOROCATECHOL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; CHLOROMUCONATE CYCLOISOMERASE; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL HYDROXYLASE; MALEYLACETATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ADIPIC ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOLS; CHLOROPHENOLS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033912879     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4165-4172.2000     Document Type: Article

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