A new Azotobacter vinelandii mannuronan C-5-epimerase gene (algG) is part of an alg gene cluster physically organized in a manner similar to that in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5884-5889

  Rehm, Bernd H ^a   Ertesvåg, Helga ^b   Valla, Svein ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; EPIMERASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029796042     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5884-5889.1996     Document Type: Article

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