Identification and characterization of genes involved in the downstream degradation pathway of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane in Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 847-853

  Endo, Ryo ^a   Kamakura, Mayuko ^a   Miyauchi, Keisuke ^b   Fukuda, Masao ^b   Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tsuda, Masataka ^a   Nagata, Yuji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LINDANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLORINATION; CLONING; DEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LINDANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 13244265506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.3.847-853.2005     Document Type: Article

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