The Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlG gene encodes an NADPH-dependent β- ketoacyl reductase which is specifically involved in rhamnolipid synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4442-4451

  Campos García, Jesús ^a   Caro, Alma Delia ^a   Nájera, Rebeca ^a   Miller Maier, Raina M ^b   Al Tahhan, Ragheb A ^b   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOACYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; EMULSIFYING AGENT; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE INSERTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 0031750694     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4442-4451.1998     Document Type: Article

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