Transcriptional organization of the Azotobacter vinelandii algGXLVIFA genes: Characterization of algF mutants

Gene

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-222

  Vazquez, Alejandra ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Alvarado, Alejandro ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate acetylation; Cyst desiccation resistance; Transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CYST; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON, INITIATOR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033620674     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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