Organization and transcriptional characterization of catechol degradation genes involved in carbazole degradation by pseudomonas resinovorans strain CA10

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 897-901

  Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Maeda, Kana ^a   Sekiguchi, Hiroyo ^a   Urata, Masaaki ^a   Shintani, Masaki ^a   Yoshida, Takako ^a   Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbazole; Cat operon; Catechol; Pseudomonas resinovorans strain CA10

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS RESINOVORANS; TRANSPOSONS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBAZOLES; CATECHOLS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036545396     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.897     Document Type: Article

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