Molecular cloning of the Haemophilus influenzae gmhA (lpcA) gene encoding a phosphoheptose isomerase required for lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3339-3341

  Brooke, Joanna S ^a   Valvano, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE GLYCERO MANNOHEPTOSE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR; BACTERIAL ENZYME; PHOSPHOHEPTOSE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030012601     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3339-3341.1996     Document Type: Article

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