Cloning of cellobiose phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase genes: Functional expression in recombinant Escherichia coli and identification of a putative binding region for disaccharides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 355-363

  Lai, Xiaokuang ^a   Davis, F C ^a   Hespell, R B ^b   Ingram, L O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUTIN; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SALICIN; UMBELLIFERONE DERIVATIVE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUTYRIVIBRIO FIBRISOLVENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

EID: 0030897083     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.355-363.1997     Document Type: Article

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