Genes coding for a new pathway of aerobic benzoate metabolism in Azoarcus evansii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 6301-6315

  Gescher, Johannes ^a   Zaar, Annette ^a   Mohamed, Magdy ^a   Schägger, Hermann ^a   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ADIPIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THIOESTER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS EVANSII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AZOARCUS; AZOARCUS EVANSII; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0036844165     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.22.6301-6315.2002     Document Type: Article

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