Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4885-4893

  Stevenson, Gordon ^a   Andrianopoulos, Kanella ^a   Hobbs, Matthew ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLANIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE 4,6 DEHYDRATASE; HYDROLYASE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029779295     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4885-4893.1996     Document Type: Article

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