Disruption of a glycogen-branching enzyme gene, glgB, specifically affects the sporulation-associated phase of glycogen accumulation in Streptomyces aureofaciens

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1201-1208

  Homerová, Dagmar ^a   Benada, Oldřich ^b   Kofroňová, Olga ^b   Řežuchová, Bronislava ^a   Kormanec, Ján ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Differentiation; glgB; Glycogen; Glycogen branching enzyme; Streptomyces aureofaciens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCAN; GLYCOGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SILVER PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS;

EID: 0029949473     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-5-1201     Document Type: Article

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