Characterization of a transposon Tn916-generated mutant of Haemophilus ducreyi 35000 defective in lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 5062-5071

  Gibson, Bradford W ^a   Campagnari, Anthony A ^b   Melaugh, William ^a   Phillips, Nancy J ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^c   Grass, Susan ^d   Wang, Jing ^e   Palmer, Katherine L ^d   Munson Jr , Robert S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; ULCUS MOLLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MURINAE;

EID: 0030872574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.16.5062-5071.1997     Document Type: Article

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