Characterization of the Azotobacter vinelandii algC gene involved in alginate and lipopolysaccharide production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Gaona, Gerardo ^a   Núñez, Cinthia ^a   Goldberg, Joanna B ^b   Linford, Alicia S ^b   Nájera, Rebeca ^a   Castañeda, Miguel ^c   Guzmán, Josefina ^a   Espí n, Guadalupe ^a   Soberón Chávez, Gloria ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter vinelandii; Extracytoplasmic function sigma factor

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ENZYME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOMANNOMUTASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALGC GENE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHOMUTASES); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 4444371820     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.07.044     Document Type: Article

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