Characterization of the Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 cyanase, an enzyme that is not essential for cyanide assimilation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6280-6288

  Luque Almagro, Víctor M ^a   Huertas, María J ^a   Sáez, Lara P ^a   Luque Romero, Manuel Martínez ^a   Moreno Vivián, Conrado ^a   Castillo, Francisco ^a   Roldán, M Dolores ^a   Blasco, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CYTOLOGY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NITROGEN;

CELL EXTRACTS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; GENE CLUSTERS; GENES ENCODE; NITROGEN SOURCES; NITROGEN STARVED; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

CYANIDES;

AMMONIA; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANATE HYDROLASE; CYANIC ACID; CYANIDE; GENOMIC DNA; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CARBAMATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CYANIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; MUTATION; PH;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CYNA GENE; CYNB GENE; CYND GENE; CYNF GENE; CYNS GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 54949114344     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00916-08     Document Type: Article

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