The ether-cleaving methyltransferase system of the strict anaerobe Acetobacterium dehalogenans: Analysis and expression of the encoding genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 588-599

  Schilhabel, Anke ^a,e   Studenik, Sandra ^a   Vödisch, Martin ^b   Kreher, Sandra ^a   Schlott, Bernhard ^c   Pierik, Antonio Y ^d   Diekert, Gabriele ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Molekulare und Angewandte Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; CORRINOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; O DEMETHYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ETHERS; GENE EXPRESSION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES, O-DEMETHYLATING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ACETOBACTERIUM DEHALOGENANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58649123602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01104-08     Document Type: Article

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