The GacS sensor kinase regulates alginate and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2624-2628

  Castañeda, Miguel ^a   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SENSOR KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; POLYESTERS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0342314437     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2624-2628.2000     Document Type: Article

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