C-terminal half of Salmonella enterica WbaP (RfbP) is the galactosyl-1-phosphate transferase domain catalyzing the first step of O-antigen synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2598-2604

  Wang, Lei ^a   Liu, Dan ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN; PYROPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029864188     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2598-2604.1996     Document Type: Article

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