Linkage of genes essential for synthesis of a polysaccharide capsule in Sphingomonas strain S88

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2676-2687

  Yamazaki, Motohide ^a   Thorne, Linda ^a   Mikolajczak, Marcia ^a   Armentrout, Richard W ^a   Pollock, Thomas J ^a  

^a SHIN ETSU CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPHINGOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0029914954     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2676-2687.1996     Document Type: Article

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