Identification and characterization of the conjugal transfer region of the pCg1 plasmid from naphthalene-degrading Pseudomonas putida Cg1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3263-3271

  Park, Woojun ^a   Jeon, Che Ok ^a   Hohnstock Ashe, Amy M ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^a   Zylstra, Gerben J ^b   Madsen, Eugene L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; NAPHTHALENE;

HYBRIDIZATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CG 1; PROTEIN MPF; PROTEIN MPFA; PROTEIN PCG 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOL PLASMID;

EID: 0037979182     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3263-3271.2003     Document Type: Article

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