Cloning of a gene involved in cellulose
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Valla, Svein ;Coucheron, Dag Hugo ;Fjærvik, Espen ;Kjosbakken, Johs ;Weinhouse,
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Article
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1989
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Springer
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English
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Three cellulose-negative (Cel-) mutants of Acetobacter xylinum strain ATCC 23768 were complemented by a cloned 2.8 kb DNA fragment from the wild type. Biochemical analysis of the mutants showed that they were deficient in the enzyme uridine 5'-diphosphoglucose (UDPG) pyrophosphorylase. The analysis