Promoter analysis of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum operon directing biosynthesis of the xanthan polysaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4313-4318

  Katzen, Federico ^a,b   Becker, Anke ^b   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^b   Ielpi, Luis ^a,c  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0029946818     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4313-4318.1996     Document Type: Article

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