Expression, stability and performance of the three-component alkane mono-oxygenase of Pseudomonas oleovorans in Escherichia coli

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1957-1965

  Staijen, Ivo E ^a   Van Beilen, Jan B ^a   Witholt, Bernard ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkane hydroxylase; Expression; Pseudomonas oleovorans; Rubredoxin; Rubredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; OXYGENASE; RUBREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 0034029787     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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