Analysis of the 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid-degradative plasmid pEST4011 of Achromobacter xylosoxidans subsp. denitrificans strain EST4002

Gene

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-288

  Vedler, Eve ^a   Kõiv, Viia ^a   Heinaru, Ain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Chloroaromatic catabolism; Genes coding for enzymes of 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HYDROLASE; ISOMERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALCALIGENES; BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS;

EID: 0342844467     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00329-2     Document Type: Article

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