Genomic distribution and divergence of levansucrase-coding genes in Pseudomonas syringae

Genes

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-137

  Srivastava, Abhishek ^a   Al Karablieh, Nehaya ^a   Khandekar, Shaunak ^a   Sharmin, Arifa ^a   Weingart, Helge ^a   Ullrich, Matthias S ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erwinia amylovora; Levansucrase; Phage associated promoter element; Pro phage; Pseudomonas syringae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; LEVANSUCRASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LSCA GENE; LSCB GENE; LSCC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARALOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84858815050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes3010115     Document Type: Article

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