Type 3-specific synthase of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Cap3B) directs type 3 polysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli and in pneumococcal strains of different serotypes

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 449-455

  Arrecubieta, Carlos ^a   López, Rubens ^a   García, Ernesto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL FRACTIONATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0029789385     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.449     Document Type: Article

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