Genetic organization of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthetic locus of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjobovis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-117

  Kalambaheti, Thareerat ^a   Bulach, Dieter M ^a   Rajakumar, Kumar ^a   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferases; Leptospira; rfb locus; TDP rhamnose; Wzy dependent LPS biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR COPENHAGENI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032800872     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0285     Document Type: Article

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