Characterisation of the nitrile hydratase gene clusters of Rhodococcus erythropolis strains AJ270 and AJ300 and Microbacterium sp. AJ115 indicates horizontal gene transfer and reveals an insertion of IS1166

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-232

  O'Mahony, Rebecca ^a   Doran, John ^a   Coffey, Lee ^a   Cahill, Orla J ^a   Black, Gary W ^b   O'Reilly, Catherine ^a  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AJ270; Aldoxime dehydratase; Amidase; IS1166; Nitrile hydratase; P47k

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETAMIDE; ACETONITRILE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; NITRILE HYDRATASE; RNA 16S; TRANSPOSASE; ALDOXIME DEHYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROBACTERIUM LIQUEFACIENS; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSON;

MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM LIQUEFACIENS; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIACEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 24944548409     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-004-3721-x     Document Type: Article

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