Novel Helicobacter pylori α1,2-fucosyltransferase, a key enzyme in the synthesis of Lewis antigens

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3245-3253

  Wang, Ge ^a   Boulton, Peter G ^a   Chan, Nora W C ^a   Palcic, Monica M ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Lewis antigens; 1,2 fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032716773     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-11-3245     Document Type: Article

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