Isolation and characterization of a novel oxygenase that catalyzes the first step of n-alkane oxidation in Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3695-3700

  Maeng, Jun H O ^a   Sakai, Yasuyoshi ^a   Tani, Yoshiki ^a,b   Kato, Nobuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; COPPER ION; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HYDROPEROXIDE; OXYGENASE; SCAVENGER;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0038534422     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3695-3700.1996     Document Type: Article

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