Characterization of the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4464-4472

  Peñaloza Vázquez, Alejandro ^a   Kidambi, Saranga P ^a   Chakrabarty, Ananda M ^b   Bender, Carol L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COPPER SULFATE; KANAMYCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 0042849031     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4464-4472.1997     Document Type: Article

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