Expression and study of recombinant ExoM, a β1-4 glucosyltransferase involved in succinoglycan biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1141-1148

  Lellouch, Annemarie C ^a   Geremia, Roberto A ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0033058619     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1141-1148.1999     Document Type: Article

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