Identification and physical organization of the gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of Burkholderia cepacia complex exopolysaccharide

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 323-333

  Moreira, Leonilde M ^a   Videira, Paula A ^a   Sousa, Sílvia A ^a   Leitão, Jorge H ^a   Cunha, Mónica V ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

bce gene cluster; Burkholderia cepacia complex; Cepacian; Cystic fibrosis; Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; SUGAR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; RANDOMIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0344845053     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.118     Document Type: Article

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