Structure determination of an exopolysaccharide from an alkaliphilic bacterium closely related to Bacillus spp.

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 554-561

  Corsaro, M Michela ^a   Grant, William D ^b   Grant, Susan ^b   Marciano, Carmela E ^a   Parrilli, Michelangelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaliphilic; Bacillus; Exopolysaccharide; Glycine; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033200208     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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