UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 4-Epimerase Activity Indicates the Presence of N-Acetylgalactosamine in Exopolysaccharides of Streptococcus thermophilus Strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3976-3984

  Degeest, Bart ^a   Vaningelgem, Frederik ^a   Laws, Andrew P ^b   De Vuyst, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EPIMERASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, STREPTOCOCCUS; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 4-EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035458353     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.9.3976-3984.2001     Document Type: Article

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