Characterization in Pseudomonas putida Cg1 of nahR and its role in bacterial survival in soil

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-216

  Park, W ^a,b   Madsen, E L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; NAPHTHALENE; SOILS; TOXICITY;

NAPTHALENE DEGRADATION; NAPTHALENE-CONTAMINATED SOIL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA CG1; SOIL MICROCOSMS;

CARBON;

NAPHTHALENE;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; NAPHTHALENE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOIL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NAPHTHALENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 11244337594     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1630-6     Document Type: Article

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