A novel gene, algK, from the alginate biosynthetic cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 641-652

  Aarons, Simon J ^a,b   Sutherland, Ian W ^a   Chakrabarty, A M ^c   Gallagher, Maurice P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; AlgK; Cystic fibrosis; Exopolysaccharide; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031042692     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-641     Document Type: Article

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