Biphenyl-inducible promoters in a polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. RHA1

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1249-1258

  Takeda, Hisashi ^a   Hara, Naho ^a   Sakai, Masayuki ^a,b   Yamada, Akihiro ^a   Miyauchi, Keisuke ^a   Masai, Eiji ^a   Fukuda, Masao ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KUBOTA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB); Promoter; Regulation; Rhodococcus; Two component system

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIHYDRODIOL DEHYDROGENASE; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; LUCIFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRANS-1,2-DIHYDROBENZENE-1,2-DIOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOCOCCUS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUCIFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHODOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 4544350357     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1249     Document Type: Article

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