Involvement of a protein tyrosine kinase in production of the polymeric bioemulsifier emulsan from the oil-degrading strain Acinetobacter lwoffii RAG-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1001-1009

  Nakar, David ^a   Gutnick, David L ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAG1 PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; EMULSION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037310572     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1001-1009.2003     Document Type: Article

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