Tandem repeats of the tetramer 5′-CAAT-3′ present in lic2A are required for phase variation but not lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Haemophilus influenzae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-174

  High, Nicola J ^a,c   Jennings, Michael P ^a,b   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029865536     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02498.x     Document Type: Article

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