Sphingobium chlorophenolicum dichlorohydroquinone dioxygenase (PcpA) is alkaline resistant and thermally stable

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1171-1179

  Sun, Wanpeng ^a   Sammynaiken, Ramaswami ^a,b   Chen, Lifeng ^a   Maley, Jason ^b   Schatte, Gabriele ^b   Zhou, Yijiang ^c   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline resistance; Biodegradation; EPR; Radical intermediate; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOBIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM;

EID: 80355135227     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7.1171     Document Type: Article

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