Molecular and biochemical characterization of the tetralin degradation pathway in Rhodococcus sp. strain TFB

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 262-273

  Tomás Gallardo, Laura ^a   Santero, Eduardo ^a   Camafeita, Emilio ^b   Calvo, Enrique ^b   Schlömann, Michael ^c   Floriano, Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^c TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RHODOCOCCUS; SPECIES; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS MACROGOLITABIDA; STRUCTURAL GENE; THNA1 GENE; THNS GENE; THNST GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RHODOCOCCUS; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS SP.; SPHINGOPYXIS MACROGOLTABIDA;

EID: 70350155535     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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