Inactivation of the ampDE operon increases transcription of algD and affects morphology and encystment of Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4829-4835

  Nunez, C ^a   Moreno, S ^a   Cardenas, L ^a   Soberon Chavez, G ^a   Espin, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033901763     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.17.4829-4835.2000     Document Type: Article

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