Identification of the ADP-L-glycero-D-manno-heptose-6-epimerase (rfaD) and heptosyltransferase II (rfaF) biosynthesis genes from nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae 2019

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1377-1386

  Nichols, Wade A ^a   Gibson, Bradford W ^b   Melaugh, William ^c   Lee, N A Gyong ^a   Sunshine, Melvin ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; HEPTOSE; TRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030946576     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1377-1386.1997     Document Type: Article

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