Benzylsuccinate synthase of Azoarcus sp. strain T: Cloning, sequencing, transcriptional organization, and its role in anaerobic toluene and m-xylene mineralization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 6763-6770

  Achong, G R ^a   Rodriguez, A M ^a   Spormann, A M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL BENZYLSUCCINATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZYLSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; FORMATE LYASE ACTIVASE; FUMARIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BSSCAB; PROTEIN BSSD; PROTEIN BSSE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THAUERA AROMATICA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MINERALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLENES;

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 0035162901     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.23.6763-6770.2001     Document Type: Article

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