Improvement of dibenzothiophene desulfurization activity by removing the gene overlap in the dsz operon

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 849-854

  Li, Guo Qiang ^a   Ma, Ting ^a   Li, Shan Shan ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Liang, Feng Lai ^a   Liu, Ru Lin ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodesulfurization; Dibenzothiophene; dsz operon; Overlap polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Redesign

Indexed keywords

BIODESULFURIZATION; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; OVERLAP POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

CELLS; DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

DIBENZOTHIOPHENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE SULFONE MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PLASMID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFUR; THIOPHENES;

RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 34247470820     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60189     Document Type: Article

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