Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic enzyme heptosyltransferase I gene (waaC) from Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

Gene

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-185

  Klena, John D ^a,b   Gray, Sean A ^c   Konkel, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric pathogen; Heptosyltransferase I; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032548179     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00501-0     Document Type: Article

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