Production of a recombinant alkane hydroxylase (AlkB2) from Alcanivorax borkumensis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-502

  Miri, Mandana ^a   Bambai, Bijan ^b,c   Tabandeh, Fatemeh ^c   Sadeghizadeh, Majid ^d   Kamali, Nasrin ^e  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e MALEK ASHTAR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alcanivorax borkumensis; Alkane hydroxylase; Biotransformation; Rubredoxin

Indexed keywords

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; BRANCHED ALKANES; E. COLI; ELECTRON DONORS; GENES CODING; HYDROXYLASES; INTEGRAL MEMBRANE; MARINE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; RUBREDOXIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYMER BLENDS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE 1 MONOOXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RUBREDOXIN;

ALCANIVORAXACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALCANIVORACEAE; ALKANE 1-MONOOXYGENASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RUBREDOXINS;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RUBA;

EID: 77951765709     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0177-0     Document Type: Article

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