Recombinant synthesis of hyaluronan by Agrobacterium sp.

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1038-1042

  Mao, Zichao ^a   Chen, Rachel Ruizhen ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIC ACID; HETEROLOGOUS ENZYMES; HYALURONAN (HA); SUGAR POLYMER;

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SURGERY;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; HYALURONIC ACID; KFID PROTEIN, E COLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RHIZOBIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM SP.; AGROBACTERIUM SP. ATCC 31749; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RHIZOBIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 35348901938     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp070113n     Document Type: Article

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