Identification and characterization of xcpR encoding a subunit of the general secretory pathway necessary for dodecane degradation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus ADP1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4631-4634

  Parche, Stephan ^a   Geißdörfer, Walter ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DECANE; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTERASE; HEXADECANE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1842296318     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4631-4634.1997     Document Type: Article

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