Identification of the galE gene and a galE homolog and characterization of their roles in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide in a serotype O:8 strain of Yersinia enterocolitica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5916-5924

  Pierson, Dorothy E ^a,b   Carlson, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; O ANTIGEN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029837368     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5916-5924.1996     Document Type: Article

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