Plasmid pAMI2 of Paracoccus aminophilus JCM 7686 carries N,N-dimethylformamide degradation-related genes whose expression is activated by a LuxR family regulator

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1861-1869

  Dziewit, Lukasz ^a   Dmowski, Michal ^a,b   Baj, Jadwiga ^a   Bartosik, Dariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER; BIOTREATMENTS; GENE CLUSTERS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC INFORMATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; N ,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; POSITIVE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOXIC SOLVENTS;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DEGRADATION; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TRANSCRIPTION; WASTEWATER;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; N,N-DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; PLASMID; PROTEIN; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PARACOCCUS; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; FORMAMIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PARACOCCUS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS (BACTERIUM); PARACOCCUS AMINOPHILUS;

EID: 77749245788     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01926-09     Document Type: Article

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