The complete cps gene cluster from Streptococcus thermophilus NCFB 2393 involved in the biosynthesis of a new exopolysaccharide

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2793-2802

  Almiron Roig, E ^a   Mulholland, F ^a   Gasson, M J ^a   Griffin, A M ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsule polysaccharide; Exopolysaccharide; Glycosyltransferase; IS1193; Streptococcus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0033692702     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-11-2793     Document Type: Article

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