epsABCJ genes are involved in the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide mauran produced by Halomonas maura

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2841-2851

  Arco, Yolanda ^a   Llamas, Inmaculada ^a   Martínez Checa, Fernando ^a   Argandoña, Monstserrat ^a   Quesada, Emilia ^a   del Moral, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE A; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE B; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE C; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE J; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; MANNOSE; MAURAN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS MAURA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HALOMONAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

HALOMONAS MAURA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 24944576204     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27981-0     Document Type: Article

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