Indications for acquisition of reductive dehalogenase genes through horizontal gene transfer by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2955-2961

  Regeard, Christophe ^a,c   Maillard, Julien ^a   Dufraigne, Christine ^b   Deschavanne, Patrick ^b   Holliger, Christof ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; GENE TRANSFER;

BACTERIUM; DEHALOGENASE GENES; GENOME SEQUENCES; TCEA GENE;

GENES;

GENE PRODUCT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

GENE TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROBI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT GENE; STRESS; TCEA GENE;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES;

EID: 20444411823     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2955-2961.2005     Document Type: Article

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