Transformation of polychlorinated biphenyls by a novel BphA variant through the meta-cleavage pathway

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-208

  Brühlmann, Fredi ^a   Chen, Wilfred ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Biphenyl dioxygenase; Meta cleavage product; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

OXYGENASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DERIVATIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; TOXICOKINETICS; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345425633     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00410-3     Document Type: Article

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