The clc element of Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 and other mobile degradative elements employing phage-like integrases

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-85

  Van Der Meer, Jan ^a   Ravatn, Roald ^a,b   Sentchilo, Vladimir ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphenyl degradation; Chlorocatechol degradation; clc Element; Gene island; Phage like integrase; Pseudomonas sp. strain B13

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLOROCATECHOL; INTEGRASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN CLC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATECHOLS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTEGRASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0035096460     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000244     Document Type: Short Survey

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