Challenges and perspectives in combinatorial assembly of novel exopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathways

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Becker, Anke ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABC transporter dependent pathway; Glycosyltransferase; Polysaccharide; Synthase dependent pathway; Synthetic biology; Wzx Wzy dependent pathway

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; SUCCINOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZY PROTEIN; XANTHAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84938840372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00687     Document Type: Short Survey

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