Regulation of the alkane hydroxylase CYP153 gene in a Gram-positive alkane-degrading bacterium, Dietzia sp. strain DQ12-45-1b

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 608-619

  Liang, Jie Liang ^a   JiangYang, Jing Hong ^a   Nie, Yong ^a   Wu, Xiao Lei ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBON; GENES; PARAFFINS;

ALKANE HYDROXYLASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DEGRADING BACTERIA; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL LEVELS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ALKANE; BACTERIUM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIETZIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ALKANE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450 4A;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP4A; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84953889062     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02811-15     Document Type: Article

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