Analysis of the G93E mutant allele of KpsM, the membrane component of an ABC transporter involved in polysialic acid translocation in Escherichia coli K1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-222

  Pigeon, Ronald P ^a   Silver, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Capsule; Escherichia coli; K1 antigen; Polysaccharide transport; Polysialic acid

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSIALIC ACID;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIALIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031573011     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00427-8     Document Type: Article

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