Lateral Transfer of Genes for Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) Degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3258-3262

  Andeer, Peter F ^a   Stahl, David A ^a,b   Bruce, Neil C ^c   Strand, Stuart E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVODOXIN; GEL ANALYSIS; GORDONIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM SP; MILITARY EXPLOSIVES; PULSE FIELD; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP;

DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVES; GELATION; GENES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CYCLONITE;

BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIAZINES;

MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODOCHROUS; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; WILLIAMSIA;

EID: 66249124277     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02396-08     Document Type: Article

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