Identification of alkane hydroxylase genes in Rhodococcus sp. strain TMP2 that degrades a branched alkane

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1447-1452

  Takei, Daisuke ^a   Washio, Kenji ^a   Morikawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkane; alkB; Biodegradation; Pristane; Rhodococcus sp. TMP2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON; DEGRADATION; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PORPHYRINS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; BUSINESS MEDIA; DEGRADING BACTERIA; HEME IRON; IN ORDER; KEY ENZYMES; LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR); LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; MEMBRANE-BOUND; PRISTANE; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; RT-PCR ANALYSIS; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SPRINGER (CO);

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; ALKANES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA, MESSENGER;

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

EID: 45849089554     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9710-9     Document Type: Article

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