A novel phenanthrene dioxygenase from Nocardioides sp. strain KP7: Expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2134-2141

  Saito, Atsushi ^a   Iwabuchi, Tokuro ^a,b   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PHENANTHRENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERREDOXINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYGENASES; PHENANTHRENES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOCARDIOIDES; NOCARDIOIDES SP.; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034034019     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2134-2141.2000     Document Type: Article

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