Cloning and functional characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhlC gene that encodes rhamnosyltransferase 2, an enzyme responsible for di-rhamnolipid biosynthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 708-718

  Rahim, Rahim ^a   Ochsner, Urs A ^b   Olvera, Clarita ^c   Graninger, Michael ^d   Messner, Paul ^d   Lam, Joseph S ^a   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA HYDROXYDECANOYL BETA HYDROXYDECANOATE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RHAMNOLIPID; RHAMNOSE; RHAMNOSYLTRANSFERASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHLC GENE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034997723     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02420.x     Document Type: Article

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