Degradation of nitroaromatic compounds: A model to study evolution of metabolic pathways: MicroCommentary

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 777-781

  Kivisaar, Maia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITROTOLUENE; 2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BACTERIAL DNA; CUMINALDEHYDE; DNA POLYMERASE; GENTISIC ACID; NAPHTHALENE; NITROBENZENE; NITROPHENOL; PROTEIN NAGR; PROTEIN NTDR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDOVORAX; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CONFORMATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RALSTONIA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMAMONADACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NAPHTHALENES; RALSTONIA; SALICYLATES; TOLUENE;

ACIDOVORAX; RALSTONIA SP.;

EID: 70449578465     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06905.x     Document Type: Note

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