Gene cloning and molecular characterization of a two-enzyme system catalyzing the oxidative detoxification of β-endosulfan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6237-6245

  Sutherland, Tara D ^a   Horne, Irene ^a   Russell, Robyn J ^a   Oakeshott, John G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA; ENZYMES; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SULFATE MINERALS;

HOMOLOGY;

CLONING;

ENDOSULFAN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; SULFATE; SULFITE;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSULFAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; COSMID; DETOXIFICATION; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXYGENATION; RNA TRANSLATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOSULFAN; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED SHUTTLE VECTOR; VECTORS;

EID: 0036951962     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6237-6245.2002     Document Type: Article

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