Introduction of the exopolysaccharide gene cluster from Streptococcus thermophilus Sfi6 into Lactococcus lactis MG1363: Production and characterization of an altered polysaccharide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1287-1295

  Stingele, Francesca ^a   Vincent, Sébastlen J F ^a   Faber, Elisabeth J ^b   Newell, John W ^a   Kamerling, Johannis P ^b   Neeser, Jean Richard ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EPIMERASE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032991558     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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