MICROBIAL EXO-POLYSACCHARIDES

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作者
SUTHERLAND, IW
机构
[1] I. W. Sutherland is at the Department of Microbiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
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10.1016/0968-0004(79)90262-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Microbial exopolysaccharides are mainly relatively simple polymers composed of repeating units of 2-6 sugars to which acetate and pyruvate are often attached. Their synthesis from sugar nucleotides involves assembly on C55 isoprenoid alcohol phosphate and extrusion from the cell. © 1979.
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