Gene cloning and nucleotide sequencing and properties of a cocaine esterase from Rhodococcus sp. strain MB1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 904-908

  Bresler, Matthew M ^a   Rosser, Susan J ^a   Basran, Amrik ^a   Bruce, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BENZOIC ACID; CARBON; CARBOXYLESTERASE; COCAINE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RHODOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BENZOIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCAINE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ERYTHROPOLIS; ERYTHROXYLUM COCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034097143     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.904-908.2000     Document Type: Article

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