Molecular characterization of the locus encoding biosynthesis of the lipopolysaccharide O antigen of Escherichia coli serotype O113

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5930-5937

  Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE LOCUS; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032708781     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.5930-5937.1999     Document Type: Article

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