Polysialic acd export in Escherichia coli K1: The role of KpsT, the ATP-binding component of an ABC transporter, in chain translocation

Glycobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 445-452

  Bliss, Joseph M ^a   Garon, Claude F ^b   Silver, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Dominant negative mutation; Escherichia coli K1; KpsT; Polysialic acid

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; POLYSIALIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; KPST PROTEIN, E COLI; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPIDOPTERA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLELES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 0029657972     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/6.4.445     Document Type: Article

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