A cluster of genes involved in polysaccharide biosynthesis from Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4313-4323

  Xu, Yi ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a   Weinstock, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PERIODATE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0031691785     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.66.9.4313-4323.1998     Document Type: Article

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