Gellan gum biosynthesis in Sphingomonas paucimobilis ATCC 31461: Genes, enzymes and exopolysaccharide production engineering

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 170-176

  Sa Correia I ^a   Fialho, A M ^a   Videira, P ^a   Moreira, L M ^a   Marques, A R ^a   Albano, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Gellan genes; Gellan gum; Gellan pathway; Polysaccharide engineering; Sphingans; Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GELLAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SPHINGAN; SPHINGANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOPOLYMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPHINGOMONAS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPOLYMERS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0036801506     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.7000266     Document Type: Review

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