Identification and characterization of the nitrobenzene catabolic plasmids pNB1 and pNB2 in Pseudomonas putida HS12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 573-580

  Park, Hee Sung ^a   Kim, Hak Sung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPHENOL; NITROBENZENE; NITROREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATABOLISM; DEAMINATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROBENZENES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0033966167     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.573-580.2000     Document Type: Article

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