Cloning and expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene in Burkholderia sp. Strain DNT for enhancement of 2, 4-dinitrotoluene degradation

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-30

  Patel, Sangeeta M ^a   Stark, Benjamin C ^a   Hwang, Kwang Woo ^a   Dikshit, Kanak L ^a   Webster, Dale A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURKHOLDERIA; MINIMAL SALTS BROTH; RESPIRATION; TRYPTIC SOY BROTH; VITREOSCILLA;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HEMOGLOBIN GENE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; RECOMBINANT BACTERIUM; STABLE TRANSFECTION;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CELLS; CLONING; EXTRACTION; GROWTH KINETICS; HEMOGLOBIN; METABOLISM; YEAST;

GENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BURKHOLDERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DINITROBENZENES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VITREOSCILLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; VITREOSCILLA; VITREOSCILLA SP.;

EID: 0033951878     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp9901421     Document Type: Article

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