High-resolution analysis of the m-xylene/toluene biodegradation subtranscriptome of Pseudomonas putida mt-2

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 3327-3341

  Kim, Juhyun ^a   Pérez Pantoja, Danilo ^a,b   Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a,c   Oliveros, Juan Carlos ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-XYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XYLENE; XYLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS;

ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CAT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZOATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, REGULATOR; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA, MESSENGER; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XYLENES;

EID: 84991457495     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13054     Document Type: Article

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