Molecular Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression of Genes Encoding a Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Dioxygenase from Mycobacterium sp. Strain PYR-1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3577-3585

  Khan, Ashraf A ^a   Wang, Rong F U ^a   Cao, Wei Wen ^c   Doerge, Daniel R ^a   Wennerstrom, David ^b   Cerniglia, Carl E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035432965     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3577-3585.2001     Document Type: Article

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