Cloning and characterization of the Neisseria meningitidis rfaC gene encoding α-1,5 heptosyltransferase I

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Stojiljkovic, Igor ^a,c   Hwa, Vivian ^a   Larson, Jason ^a   Lin, Lan ^a   So, Magdalene ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipooligosaccharide; Neisseria meningitidis; rfaC

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030814745     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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