A comparison of genes involved in sphingan biosynthesis brought up to date

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 7719-7733

  Schmid, Jochen ^a   Sperl, Nadine ^a   Sieber, Volker ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Diutan; Gellan; Gene cluster; Sphingan; Welan

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEOTIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

DIUTAN; GELLAN; GENE CLUSTERS; SPHINGAN; WELAN;

GENES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; FENTICLOR; GELLAN; SPHINGAN; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELAN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; SHORT SURVEY; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA; SPHINGOMONAS SP. ATCC 31554; SPHINGOMONAS SP. ATCC 31555; SPHINGOMONAS SP. ATCC 53159;

MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 84906946553     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5940-z     Document Type: Short Survey

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