Expression and characterization of the TNT nitroreductase of Pseudomonas sp. HK-6 in Escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-390

  Lee, Bheong Uk ^a   Park, Sung Chul ^a   Cho, Yun Seok ^b   Kahng, Hyung Yeel ^c   Oh, Kye Heon ^b  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PNRB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS HK 6;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NAD; NITROREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS SP. HK-6;

EID: 40149103095     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9093-5     Document Type: Article

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