Unusual codon bias in vinyl chloride reductase genes of Dehalococcoides species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2744-2747

  McMurdie, Paul J ^a   Behrens, Sebastian F ^a   Holmes, Susan ^b   Spormann, Alfred M ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHALOGENATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEOTIDES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CODONS; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

GENES;

OXIDOREDUCTASE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRANSFER RNA; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM; CHLORIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BVCA GENE; CODON USAGE; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DEHALOGENATION; EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; REDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VCRA GENE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BASE COMPOSITION; CHLOROFLEXI; CODON; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RNA, TRANSFER; VINYL CHLORIDE;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 34247600158     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02768-06     Document Type: Article

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