Plasmid-encoded γ-hexachlorocyclohexane degradation genes and insertion sequences in Sphingobium francense (ex-Sphingomonas paucimobilis Sp+)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Cérémonie, Hélène ^a   Boubakri, Hasna ^a   Mavingui, Patrick ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a   Vogel, Timothy M ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Genetic instability; Insertion sequences; Lindane; Plasmid; Sphingobium francense

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; LIN GENE; LINA GENE; LINB GENE; LINC GENE; LINX GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINGOBIUM FRANCENSE; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

SPHINGOBIUM; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 33645222793     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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