Functional characterization of genes involved in alkane oxidation by Pseudomanas aeruginosa

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-200

  Smits, Theo H M ^a,b   Witholt, Bernard ^a   van Beilen, Jan B ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkane hydroxylase; AlkB; Complementation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rubredoxin; Rubredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; RUBREDOXIN;

ALKANE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBREDOXINS;

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

EID: 0242610355     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026000622765     Document Type: Article

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