Cloning and characterization of the phosphatidylserine synthase gene of Agrobacterium sp. strain ATCC 31749 and effect of its inactivation on production of high-molecular-mass (1→3)-β-D-glucan (curdlan)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 4114-4123

  Karnezis, Tara ^a   Fisher, Helen C ^a   Neumann, Gregory M ^a   Stone, Bruce A ^a   Stanisich, Vilma A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CHOLINE; CURDLAN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHIZOBIUM; SURFACE CHARGE; TRANSPOSON;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; CARDIOLIPINS; CDPDIACYLGLYCEROL-SERINE O-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUCANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036068099     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.15.4114-4123.2002     Document Type: Article

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