Molecular organization of exopolysaccharide (EPS) encoding genes on the lactococcal bacteriophage adsorption blocking plasmid, pCI658

Plasmid

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-142

  Forde, Amanda ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage resistance; Exopolysaccharide; Genetic analysis; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037362917     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-619X(02)00156-7     Document Type: Article

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