Molecular characterization of an inducible gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase gene, xlnE, from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867

Gene

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 239-248

  Yeo, Chew Chieng ^a,b   Wong, Mark Vee Meng ^a   Feng, Yongmei ^a   Song, Keang Peng ^a   Poh, Chit Laa ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MALAYSIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gentisate pathway; Operon; Transcript analysis; 70 type promoter

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ENZYME; GENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; GENTISIC ACID; META CRESOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,5 XYLENOL; 2,5-XYLENOL; 3 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 3-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; DIOXYGENASE; GENTISATE 1,2-DIOXYGENASE; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYGENASE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXYGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE ORDER; GENTISATES; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLENES;

EID: 0141764857     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00619-X     Document Type: Article

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