A WbpL mutant of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E strain, which lacks the 0-antigenic side chain of lipopolysaccharides, is tolerant to organic solvent shocks

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-99

  Junker, Frank ^a   Rodríguez Herva, Juan J ^a   Duque, Estrella ^a   Ramos González, María Isabel ^a   Llamas, Marían ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

LPS; Organic solvents; Pseudomonas; Solvent tolerance; WbpL

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; SOLVENT; WBPL PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; O ANTIGENS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0035317401     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100176     Document Type: Article

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