Characterization of melanin-overproducing transposon mutants of Pseudomonas putida F6

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-183

  Nikodinovic Runic, Jasmina ^a   Martin, Leona B ^a   Babu, Ramesh ^b   Blau, Werner ^b   O'Connor, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Melanin; Pseudomonas putida F6; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FERULIC ACID; HOMOGENTISATE 1,2 DIOXYGENASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENT; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISK DIFFUSION; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE DISRUPTION; MELANOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPOSON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BIOMASS; COUMARIC ACIDS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HOMOGENTISATE 1,2-DIOXYGENASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MELANINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 68949211949     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01716.x     Document Type: Article

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