Functional characterization of reductive dehalogenases by using blue native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 974-981

  Tang, Shuiquan ^a   Chan, Winnie W M ^a   Fletcher, Kelly E ^b   Seifert, Jana ^c   Liang, Xiaoming ^a   Löffler, Frank E ^d,e   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^a   Adrian, Lorenz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d University of Tennessee   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; BN-PAGE; CHLORINATED ETHENES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; DICHLOROETHENE ISOMERS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; GEOBACTER; IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINS; LC-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED TO TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORTHOLOGS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENASES; VINYL CHLORIDES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; REACTION KINETICS; STRAIN; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HALOGEN; HYDROLASE;

CATALYST; CHLORINATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHLOROFLEXI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HALOGENS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84873841850     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01873-12     Document Type: Article

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