Cloning, Nucleotide Sequencing, and Functional Analysis of a Novel, Mobile Cluster of Biodegradation Genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain JB2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4603-4609

  Hickey, W J ^a   Sabat, G ^a   Yuroff, A S ^a   Arment, A R ^a,b   Perez Lesher J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b St Andrews Presbyterian College   (United States)

^c Agracetus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; 2-CHLOROBENZOIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HYDROXYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLOROBENZOATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALICYLATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035490822     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4603-4609.2001     Document Type: Article

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