Characterization of three new Azotobacter vinelandii alginate lyases, one of which is involved in cyst germination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4845-4853

  Gimmestad, Martin ^a   Ertesvåg, Helga ^a   Heggeset, Tonje Marita Bjerkan ^a,b   Aarstad, Olav ^a   Svanem, Britt Iren Glærum ^a   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE LYASE; ALPHA GULURONIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; LYASE; MANNURONAN C5 EPIMERASE; MANNURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN ALGL; PROTEIN ALYA2; PROTEIN ALYA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGE7 GENE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRIFUGATION; CYST; ELIMINATION REACTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 67749084221     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00455-09     Document Type: Article

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