Molecular basis for structural diversity in the core regions of the lipopolysaccharides of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Heinrichs, David E ^a   Yethon, Jeremy A ^a   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031784033     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01063.x     Document Type: Review

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