Characterization of algG encoding C5-epimerase in the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster of Pseudomonas fluorescens

Gene

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 107-114

  Morea, Antonella ^a   Mathee, Kalai ^b   Franklin, Michael J ^c   Giacomini, Alessio ^d   O'Regan, Michael ^e   Ohman, Dennis E ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dipto di Biotecnologie Agrarie   (Italy)

^e Fidia Advanced Biopolymers   (Italy)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsule; Heterologous complementation; Polymers; Polysaccharide; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; EPIMERASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035980652     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00685-0     Document Type: Article

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