The Azotobacter vinelandii gene algJ encodes an outer-membrane protein presumably involved in export of alginate

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 873-880

  Rehm, Bernd H A ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter vinelandii; Export; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RNA PROBE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA;

EID: 0030010121     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-873     Document Type: Article

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