Cloning and functional analysis of alkB genes in Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Hara, Akihiro ^a,c   Baik, Sang Ho ^a   Syutsubo, Kazuaki ^a   Misawa, Norihiko ^a   Smits, Theo H M ^b   Van Beilen, Jan B ^b   Harayama, Shigeaki ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DODECANE; HEXADECANE; HEXANE; N-DODECANE; N-HEXADECANE; N-HEXANE; OCTANE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOMONADACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HALOMONADACEAE; HEXANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OCTANES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONADACEAE; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 1342268703     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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