The genes for benzene catabolism in Pseudomonas putida ML2 are flanked by two copies of the insertion element IS1489, forming a Class-I-type catabolic transposon, Tn5542

Plasmid

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-110

  Fong, Karen P Y ^a   Goh, Christopher B H ^a   Tan, Hai Meng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Benzene degradation; Catabolic transposon; Insertion element; Pseudomonas putida ML2

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSPOSON;

ALCALIGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0034052594     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1442     Document Type: Article

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