Cloning and expression of genes encoding lipid A biosynthesis from Haemophilus influenzae type b

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 137-141

  Servos, Spiros ^a   Khan, Shahid ^a   Maskell, Duncan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementation; fabZ; lpxA; lpxB; Minicells; rnhB

Indexed keywords

LIPID A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

EID: 0030579187     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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