Inner core biosynthesis of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: Identification and role in LOS assembly of the α1,2 N-acetylglucosamine transferase (RfaK)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1265-1273

  Kahler, Charlene M ^a,b   Carlson, Russell W ^c   Rahman, M Mahbubur ^c   Martin, Larry E ^a,b   Stephens, David S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030006115     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1265-1273.1996     Document Type: Article

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