The yjbEFGH locus in Escherichia coli K-12 is an operon encoding proteins involved in exopolysaccharide production

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1070-1080

  Ferrières, Lionel ^a   Aslam, Shazia N ^a   Cooper, Richard M ^a   Clarke, David J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM COLONY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

CONGO RED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 34247252541     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/002907-0     Document Type: Article

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