In vitro alginate polymerization and the functional role of Alg8 in alginate production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 298-305

  Remminghorst, Uwe ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; ENZYMES; POLYMERIZATION;

ALGINATE POLYMERIZATION; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE; POLYMERASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

YEAST;

ALGINATE POLYMERASE; ALGINIC ACID; CARBON 14; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MANNURONIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SUGAR ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HEXURONIC ACID; POLYMER;

ALGA; ENZYME; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE;

ACETYLATION; ALG8 GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33644856678     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.298-305.2006     Document Type: Article

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