Characterization of the β-ketoadipate pathway in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 5403-5413

  MacLean, Allyson M ^a   MacPherson, Gordon ^a   Aneja, Punita ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CATABOLISM; CATECHOLS; MEGAPLASMID; SOIL-DWELLING ORGANISMS;

BACTERIA;

3 OXOADIPATE COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; 3 OXOADIPIC ACID; ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AROMATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; DIOXYGENASE; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; METABOLISM; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ADIPIC ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COENZYME A-TRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33747340767     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00580-06     Document Type: Article

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