The TOL network of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 processes multiple environmental inputs into a narrow response space

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-286

  Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 XYLENE; 3-XYLENE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84871930878     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12014     Document Type: Article

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