Metabolic reconstruction of aromatic compounds degradation from the genome of the amazing pollutant-degrading bacterium Cupriavidus necator JMP134

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 736-794

  Pérez Pantoja, Danilo ^a   De La Iglesia, Rodrigo ^a   Pieper, Dietmar H ^b   González, Bernardo ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Cupriavidus necator; Degradation; Metabolic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDROXYPHENYLPROPIONATE; GENE PRODUCT; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GENOMICS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR;

EID: 49649090880     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00122.x     Document Type: Review

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