The Wzz (cld) protein in Escherichia coli: Amino acid sequence variation determines O-antigen chain length specificity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2670-2675

  Franco, Agustin V ^a   Liu, Dan ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031947495     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2670-2675.1998     Document Type: Article

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