Cloning and characterization of a gene cluster involved in tetrahydrofuran degradation in Pseudonocardia sp. strain K1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 266-277

  Thiemer, Barbara ^a   Andreesen, Jan R ^a   Schräder, Thomas ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 Butandiol; Ether degradation; Monooxygenase; Pseudonocardia; Tetrahydrofuran

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; DNA FRAGMENT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDONOCARDIA; SAD GENE; THMADBC GENE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDONOCARDIA; PSEUDONOCARDIA SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0037396473     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0526-7     Document Type: Article

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