Cloning the bacterial bphC gene into Nicotiana tabacum to improve the efficiency of PCB phytoremediation

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-37

  Novakova, M ^a,b   Mackova, M ^a,b   Chrastilova, Z ^a   Viktorova, J ^a   Szekeres, M ^c   Demnerova, K ^a   Macek, T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biphenyl dioxygenase; PCB; Phytoremediation; Tobacco; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BIPHENYL DIOXYGENASE; CLONING VECTORS; CONTROL PLANTS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DIOXYGENASE; E. COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; IN CELLS; IN PLANTS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PCB; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GENOMES; REGENERANTS; TESTOSTERONI; TOBACCO PLANTS; TRANS-GENES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSIONS; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; COSMIC RAYS; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TOBACCO;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

2,3 DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DIOXYGENASE; HISTIDINE; LUCIFERASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3 DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL OXYGENASE; 2,3-DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL OXYGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BPHC GENE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; BIOREMEDIATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCURONIDASE; LUCIFERASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO;

EID: 58149217026     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.22038     Document Type: Article

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