Heterologous expression of bacterial epoxyalkane:coenzyme M transferase and inducible coenzyme M biosynthesis in Xanthobacter strain Py2 and Rhodococcus rhodochrous B276

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2629-2634

  Krum, Jonathan G ^a   Ensign, Scott A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MESNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; XANTHOBACTER;

ALKENES; CULTURE MEDIA; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; MESNA; OXYGENASES; RHODOCOCCUS; XANTHOBACTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; XANTHOBACTER;

EID: 0033998231     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2629-2634.2000     Document Type: Article

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