The clc element of Pseudomonas sp. strain B13, a genomic island with various catabolic properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1999-2013

  Gaillard, Muriel ^a   Vallaeys, Tatiana ^b   Vorhölter, Frank Jörg ^c   Minoia, Marco ^a   Werlen, Christoph ^d   Sentchilo, Vladimir ^d   Pühler, Alfred ^c   Van Meer, Jan Roelof Der ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPHENOL; 3 CHLOROCATECHOL; 4 CHLOROCATECHOL; ANTHRANILATE HYDROXYLASE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DIOXYGENASE; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; CATABOLISM; CLC GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

AMINOPHENOLS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATECHOLS; DIOXYGENASES; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA XENOVORANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 33644745555     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.5.1999-2013.2006     Document Type: Article

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