Enzymes and genes involved in aerobic alkane degradation

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Wanpeng ^a,b,c   Shao, Zongze ^a,b,c  

^a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Marine Genetic Resources   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

Alkane degradation; AlmA; Chemotaxis; Hydroxylation; LadA; Monooxygenase; Regulations of gene expression; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BUTANE MONOOXYGENASE; ENZYME; FATTY ACID TRANSPORTER; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGENASE; UBIQUINOL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC ALKANE DEGRADATION; ALCANIVORAX; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTAXIS; DEGRADATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ALMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84884251476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00116     Document Type: Review

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