Role of Azotobacter vinelandii mucA and mucC gene products in alginate production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 6550-6556

  Nunez C ^a   Leon R ^a   Guzman J ^a   Espin G ^a   Soberon Chavez G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MUCA; PROTEIN MUCB; PROTEIN MUCC; PROTEIN MUCD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034462105     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.23.6550-6556.2000     Document Type: Article

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