Unraveling the function of glycosyltransferases in Streptococcus thermophilus Sfi6

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6354-6360

  Stingele, Francesca ^a   Newell, John W ^a   Neeser, Jean Richard ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0032743090     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6354-6360.1999     Document Type: Article

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