Insights into the assembly of the alginate biosynthesis machinery in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3264-3272

  Rehman, Zahid U ^a   Wang, Yajie ^a   Moradali, M Fata ^a   Hay, Iain D ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE BIOSYNTHESIS; CO-IMMUNOPRECIPITATIONS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INNER MEMBRANES; MULTI-PROTEIN COMPLEX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MACHINERY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

ALGINATE;

ALG44 PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ALG8 PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ALGINIC ACID; ALGK PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ALGINATE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; POLYMERIZATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; POLYMERIZATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84877118915     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00460-13     Document Type: Article

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