3- and 4-alkylphenol degradation pathway in Pseudomonas sp. strain KL28: Genetic organization of the lap gene cluster and substrate specificities of phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3265-3277

  Jeong, Jae Jun ^a,d   Kim, Ji Hyun ^a   Kim, Chi Kyung ^b   Hwang, Ingyu ^c   Lee, Kyoung ^a  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d KOMED Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL; BACTERIAL DNA; CATECHOL 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; FERREDOXIN; HYDROLASE; MUCONALDEHYDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0344875042     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26628-0     Document Type: Article

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