An explosive-degrading cytochrome P450 activity and its targeted application for the phytoremediation of RDX

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-219

  Rylott, Elizabeth L ^a   Jackson, Rosamond G ^a   Edwards, James ^a   Womack, Grant L ^a   Seth Smith, Helena M B ^b   Rathbone, Deborah A ^a   Strand, Stuart E ^c   Bruce, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; OXYGEN; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

MILITARY EXPLOSIVES; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RDX; RECALCITRANCE;

EXPLOSIVES;

CYCLONITE; CYTOCHROME P450; EXPLOSIVE; FLAVODOXIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN XP1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOOT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPLOSIONS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TRIAZINES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32344440055     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1184     Document Type: Article

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