Regulation of alginate biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3478-3485

  Fakhr, Mohamed K ^a   Peñaloza Vázquez, Alejandro ^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;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 0344483912     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3478-3485.1999     Document Type: Article

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