Chromosomally located gene fusions constructed in Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 for the detection of salicylate

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1339-1348

  Huang, Wei E ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Zheng, Hongjun ^a   Huang, Linfeng ^a   Singer, Andrew C ^a   Thompson, Ian ^a   Whiteley, Andrew S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTANT;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SALICYLATES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.;

EID: 23944514315     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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