Poly β-hydroxybutyrate depolymerase (PhaZ) in Azospirillum brasilense and characterization of a phaZ mutant

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-318

  Kadouri, Daniel ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; PHA depolymerase (Phaz); Poly hydroxybutyrate (PHB)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLY BETA HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEPOLYMERASE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DESICCATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESICCATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYESTERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SONICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 0242408950     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0590-z     Document Type: Article

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