Characterization of extradiol dioxygenases from a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading strain that possess higher specificities for chlorinated metabolites

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1253-1260

  Vaillancourt, Frédéric H ^a,b,c   Haro, María Amparo ^b,d   Drouin, Nathalie M ^b,e   Karim, Zamil ^a   Maaroufi, Halim ^b   Eltis, Lindsay D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Biotools B and M Labs   (Spain)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COPPER; DNA; EXTRADIOL DIOXYGENASE; OXYGEN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CHLORINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOCOCCUS; STEADY STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATECHOLS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIOXYGENASES; OXYGENASES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RHODOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS GLOBERULUS;

EID: 0037312775     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1253-1260.2003     Document Type: Article

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