Protein engineering of Wzc to generate new emulsan analogs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4020-4028

  Dams Kozlowska, Hanna ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOEMULSAN; LIPOHETEROPOLYSACCHARIDE; MUTANTS; PROLINE; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

AMINO ACIDS; CHAIN LENGTH; ENZYME KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EMULSAN DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN WZC; RAG1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; GENOME; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER VENETIANUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; POLYSTYRENES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

ACINETOBACTER VENETIANUS;

EID: 34250890130     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00401-07     Document Type: Article

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