Expression cloning of a Pseudomonas gene encoding a hydroxydecanoyl- acyl carrier protein-dependent UDP-GlcNAc acyltransferase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 330-337

  Dotson, Garry D ^a   Kaltashov, Igor A ^b   Cotter, Robert J ^b   Raetz, Christian R H ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID A; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0031910071     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.330-337.1998     Document Type: Article

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