The localization of KpsC, S and T, and KfiA, C and D proteins involved in the biosynthesis of the Escherichia coli K5 capsular polysaccharide: Evidence for a membrane-bound complex

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2905-2914

  Rigg, Gordon P ^a   Barrett, Brendan ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsules; Escherichia coli; Membrane adhesion sites; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031791463     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2905     Document Type: Article

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