Characterization of two alkane hydroxylase genes from the marine hydrocarbonoclastic bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis

JB Van Beilen, MM Marín, THM Smits… - Environmental …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The marine γ‐Proteobacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis is highly specialized in
the assimilation of aliphatic hydrocarbons, and makes up a large part of the biomass in oil …

Compiling sigma-70-dependent promoters

P Domínguez-Cuevas, S Marqués - Virulence and gene regulation, 2004 - Springer
Promoters are sequences that precede transcriptional start sites and determine recognition
by RNA polymerases to initiate transcription. Most bacterial genes are regulated at the level …

Catabolite repression and physiological control

F Rojo, M Alejandro Dinamarca - Virulence and Gene Regulation, 2004 - Springer
When confronted with a mixture of potential carbon sources at sufficiently high
concentrations, many bacterial species often assimilate the different compounds in an …

Regulation of Tetralin Biodegradation and Identification of Genes Essential for Expression of thn Operons

O Martínez-Pérez, E Moreno-Ruiz, B Floriano… - Journal of …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tetralin biodegradation genes of Sphingomonas macrogolitabida strain TFA are
clustered in two closely linked and divergent operons. To analyze expression of both …

Degradative plasmids

N Ogawa, AM Chakrabarty, O Zaborina - Plasmid biology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Degradative plasmids carry genes that confer on the host bacteria the ability to degrade
recalcitrant organic compounds not commonly found in nature. Many plasmid‐encoded …

烷烃降解基因alk 研究进展

程守强, 梁凤来, 顾晓波, 刘如林 - 中国生物工程杂志, 2004 - manu60.magtech.com.cn
很多微生物都可以利用直链烷烃作为唯一碳源和能源, 目前对该代谢机理的遗传学研究已相当
深入. 其典型菌株Pseudomonasputida 可利用C6~ C1 2 的烷烃, 编码这些参与烷烃降解的酶的 …

Alkane degradation by pseudomonads

JB van Beilen, B Witholt - … : Volume 3 Biosynthesis of Macromolecules and …, 2004 - Springer
Alkanes are highly reduced hydrocarbon compounds that constitute about 20–50% of crude
oil. They are produced by geochemical processes from decaying plant and algal material …