Novel glycosyltransferase genes involved in the acetan biosynthesis of Acetobacter xylinum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 230-235

  Ishida, Takehiko ^a   Sugano, Yasushi ^a   Shoda, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetan; Acetobacter xylinum; Extracellular polysaccharide; Glycosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN ACEQ; PROTEIN ACER; RHAMNOSYLTRANSFERASE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

ACER; ACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS;

EID: 0036066180     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00663-0     Document Type: Article

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