Toluene metabolism by the solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1 strain, and its role in solvent impermeabilization

Gene

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-76

  Mosqueda, Gilberto ^a   Ramos González, María Isabel ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbons; Catabolic promoters; Pseudomonas; Solvent tolerance; Tn5 mutants; Tod genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; OXYGENASE; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE DELETION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0344731433     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00113-4     Document Type: Article

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