Genetic and Functional Analysis of the tbc Operons for Catabolism of Alkyl- and Chloroaromatic Compounds in Burkholderia sp. Strain JS150

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4805-4816

  Kahng, Hyung Yeel ^a,b   Malinverni, Juliana C ^a   Majko, Michelle M ^a   Kukor, Jerome J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; OXYGENASE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PLASMID;

BENZENE; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLOROBENZENES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035487281     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4805-4816.2001     Document Type: Article

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