Evidence for a role for the gumB and gumC gene products in the formation of xanthan from its pentasaccharide repeating unit by Xanthomonas campestris

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1487-1493

  Vojnov, Adrián A ^a,c   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a,c   Dow, J Maxwell ^b   Daniels, Michael J ^b   Dankert, Marcelo A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gumB and gumC genes; Pentasaccharide precursor; Xanthan biosynthesis; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PENTASACCHARIDE; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0031748633     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1487     Document Type: Article

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