Cloning and Genetic Characterization of dca Genes Required for β-Oxidation of Straight-Chain Dicarboxylic Acids in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4817-4827

  Parke, D ^a   Garcia, M A ^a   Ornston, L N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID; ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID;

ACINETOBACTER; ADIPIC ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035490405     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4817-4827.2001     Document Type: Article

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