Two C-P lyase operons in Pseudomonas stutzeri and their roles in the oxidation of phosphonates, phosphite, and hypophosphite

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4730-4739

  White, Andrea K ^a   Metcalf, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; HYPOPHOSPHITE 2 OXOGLUTARATE DIOXYGENASE; HYPOPHOSPHOROUS ACID; LYASE; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; OXYGENASE; PHOSPHITE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GLYCINE; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHITES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3042815976     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4730-4739.2004     Document Type: Article

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