Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the glucansucrase DSRWC from Weissella cibaria synthesizing a α(1→6) glucan

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Kang, Hee Kyoung ^a   Oh, Jong Suk ^b   Kim, Doman ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dextran; Glucansucrase; Weissella cibaria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA(1-6)GLUCAN; GLUCAN; GLUCANSUCRASE; MALTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PALATINOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LEUCONOSTOCACEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEISSELLA CIBARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOMALTOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALTOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; WEISSELLA CIBARIA;

EID: 59349107088     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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