The role of hyaluronic acid precursor concentrations in molecular weight control in Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-156

  Chen, Wendy Yiting ^a   Marcellin, Esteban ^a   Steen, Jennifer A ^a   Nielsen, Lars Keld ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyaluronan; Hyaluronic acid; Polysaccharide; Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGARS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; HYALURONAN; INTRACELLULAR CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR LEVELS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; STREPTOCOCCUS ZOOEPIDEMICUS; UDP-GLUCURONIC ACID;

HYALURONIC ACID;

GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; MONOMER; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; RNA SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYALURONIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

EID: 84899481002     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: 15590305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12033-013-9690-4     Document Type: Article

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