Two glycosyltransferase genes, lgtF and rfaK, constitute the lipooligosaccharide ice (inner core extension) biosynthesis operon of Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6677-6684

  Kahler, Charlene M ^a,b   Carlson, Russell W ^c   Mahbubur Rahman, M ^c   Martin, Larry E ^a,b   Stephens, David S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0029809177     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6677-6684.1996     Document Type: Article

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