Heterologous complementation of the exopolysaccharide synthesis and carbon utilization phenotypes of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis mutants

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-283

  Aneja, Punita ^a,b   Dai, Meixue ^a,c   Lacorre, Delphine A ^a,d   Pillon, Brent ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Dapartement Genie Biochimique A   (France)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Exopolysaccharide; Heterologous complementation; Polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOACETIC ACID; CARBON; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARBON; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYESTERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 5144220563     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.045     Document Type: Article

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