Effect of Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F dextransucrase carboxy- terminal deletions on dextran and oligosaccharide synthesis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1644-1649

  Monchois, Vincent ^a   Reverte, Augustin ^a   Remaud Simeon, Magali ^a   Monsan, Pierre ^a   Willemot, René Marc ^a,b  

^a UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUCRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031832289     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1644-1649.1998     Document Type: Article

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