The Azotobacter vinelandii alg8 and alg44 genes are essential for alginate synthesis and can be transcribed from an algD-independent promoter

Gene

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 271-277

  Mejía Ruíz, Humberto ^a   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate polymerase gene; Transcription analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0342894665     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00380-6     Document Type: Article

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