Cloning, sequencing and characterization of acyltransferase gene involved in exopolysaccharide biosynthesis of Zoogloea ramigera 115SLR

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1163-1168

  Lee, Sam Pin ^b   Troyano, Esperanza ^a   Lee, Jinho ^b   Kim, Hyun Soo ^b   Sinskey, Anthony John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Exopolysaccharide; Expression; Zoogloea ramigera 115SLR

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; DYE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES MYCAROFACIENS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZOOGLOEA; ZOOGLOEA RAMIGERA;

STREPTOMYCES MYCAROFACIENS; ZOOGLOEA RAMIGERA;

EID: 33746927867     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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