Identification of a locus involved in meningococcal lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis by deletion mutagenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1117-1125

  Van Der Ley, Peter ^a   Kramer, Marco ^a   Steeghs, Liana ^a   Kuipers, Betsy ^a   Andersen, Svein R ^b   Jennings, Michael P ^c   Moxon, E Richard ^c   Poolman, Jan T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE LOCUS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029965204     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.464992.x     Document Type: Article

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