Escherichia coli Nema Is an Efficient Chromate Reductase That Can Be Biologically Immobilized to Provide a Cell Free System for Remediation of Hexavalent Chromium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Robins, Katherine J ^a   Hooks, David O ^a,b   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a,b   Ackerley, David F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN NEMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; GENE FUSION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NEMA GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE GENE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AZIRIDINES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CHROMIUM; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSPHERES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84874879994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059200     Document Type: Article

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