Differential expression of the components of the two alkane hydroxylases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3232-3237

  Marín, Mercedes M ^a   Yuste, Luis ^a   Rojo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; PROTEIN ALKB1; PROTEIN ALKB2; PROTEIN ALKG1; PROTEIN ALKG2; PROTEIN ALKT; RUBREDOXIN; RUBREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RUBREDOXINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0038304116     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3232-3237.2003     Document Type: Article

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