The 32-kilobase exp gene cluster of Rhizobium meliloti directing the biosynthesis of galactoglucan: Genetic organization and properties of the encoded gene products

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1375-1384

  Becker, Anke ^a   Rüberg, Silvia ^a   Küster, Helge ^a   Roxlau, Andreas A ^a   Keller, Mathias ^a   Ivashina, Tanja ^a,c   Cheng, Hai Ping ^b   Walker, Graham C ^b   Pühler, Alfred ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031058124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1375-1384.1997     Document Type: Article

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