Genetics of bacterial alginate: Alginate genes distribution, organization and biosynthesis in bacteria

Current Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-202

  Muhammadi, ^a   Ahmed, Nuzhat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alginate genes; Azotobacter; Biosynthesis; Pseudomonads; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; EPIMERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EPIMERIZATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGAE; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34250211142     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920207780833810     Document Type: Review

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