Pseudomonas aeruginosa rfc genes of serotypes O2 and O5 could complement O-polymerase-deficient semi-rough mutants of either serotype

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-257

  De Kievit, Teresa R ^a   Staples, Tracy ^a   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

lipopolysaccharide; O antigen polymerase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; rfc

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; O ANTIGENS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0031050477     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00535-6     Document Type: Article

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