Cloning of the aceF gene encoding the phosphomannose isomerase and GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activities involved in acetan biosynthesis in Acetobacter xylinum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 389-396

  Griffin, Annette M ^a   Poelwijk, Esther S ^b   Morris, Victor J ^a   Gasson, Michael J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetobacter xylinum; Cloning; Exopolysaccharide; Gene; PMI GMP

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

ACETOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0030870065     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00358-3     Document Type: Article

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