A Wzz (Cld) protein determines the chain length of K lipopolysaccharide in Escherichia coli O8 and O9 strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1903-1907

  Franco, Agustin V ^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; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029985686     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1903-1907.1996     Document Type: Article

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