Ssg, a putative glycosyltransferase, functions in lipo- and exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and cell surface-related properties in Pseudomonas alkylphenolia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Veeranagouda, Yaligara ^a   Lee, Kyoung ^a   Cho, Ah Ra ^a   Cho, Kyungyun ^b   Anderson, Erin M ^c   Lam, Joseph S ^c  

^a Changwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharide; Glycosyltransferase; Lipopolysaccharide; PA5001; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUCOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; PROTEIN SSG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ALKYLPHENOLIA; SPECIALIZED AERIAL STRUCTURE; SSG GENE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FUCOSE; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MANNOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; O ANTIGENS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78650769725     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02172.x     Document Type: Article

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