Dynamics of multiple lin gene expression in Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A in response to different hexachlorocyclohexane isomers

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6650-6656

  Suar, Mrutyunjay ^a   Van Der Meer, Jan Roelof ^b,c   Lawlor, Kirsten ^b   Holliger, Christof ^c   Lal, Rup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (HCH); LIN GENES; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS B90A;

CELL CULTURE; ISOMERS; RNA;

GENES;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMER; LIN GENE; LINA GENE; LINB GENE; LINC GENE; LIND GENE; LINE GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOMERISM; LINDANE; LYASES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPHINGOMONAS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 8744228122     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6650-6656.2004     Document Type: Article

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