Three rhamnosyltransferases responsible for assembly of the A-band D- rhamnan polysaccharide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A fourth transferase, WbpL, is required for the initiation of both A-band and B-band lipopolysaccharide synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1103-1119

  Rocchetta, Heather L ^a   Burrows, Lori L ^a   Pacan, Jennifer C ^a   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; COENZYME A TRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HELICASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RHAMNAN; RHAMNOSE; RHAMNOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031746603     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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