Functional expression of the particulate methane mono-oxygenase gene in recombinant Rhodococcus erythropolis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-141

  Gou, Zhongxuan ^a   Xing, Xin Hui ^a   Luo, Mingfang ^a   Jiang, Hao ^a   Han, Bing ^a   Wu, Hao ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Fei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functional expression; Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; Particulate methane mono oxygenase; Rhodococcus erythropolis

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ETHANE; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; METHANE; METHYLOSINUS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXYGENASES; RHODOCOCCUS;

METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33748759246     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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