The gene cluster directing O-antigen biosynthesis in Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8: identification of the genes for mannose and galactose biosynthesis and the gene for the O-antigen polymerase

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-288

  Zhang, Lijuan ^a   Toivanen, Paavo ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); rfb gene cluster; Sequencing; Transposon mutagenesis; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA POLYMERASE; GALACTOSE; GENE PRODUCT; MANNOSE; O ANTIGEN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CODON USAGE; COSMID; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GALACTOSE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MANNOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0030026253     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-2-277     Document Type: Article

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