Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the cgmB gene of Sinorhizobium meliloti involved in cyclic β-glucan biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4576-4583

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Ingram Smith, Cheryl ^a   Hadley, Jill A ^a   Miller, Karen J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032793687     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4576-4583.1999     Document Type: Article

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