Isolation and characterization of an Azotobacter vinelandii algK mutant

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Mejía Ruíz, Humberto ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Nájera, Rebeca ^a   León, Renato ^a   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate; algK; Transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DESICCATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0242589411     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00409-6     Document Type: Article

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