The Shigella flexneri bacteriophage Sf6 tailspike protein (TSP)/endorhamnosidase is related to the bacteriophage P22 TSP and has a motif common to exo- and endoglycanases, and C-5 epimerases

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1649-1659

  Chua, James E H ^a   Manning, Paul A ^a   Morona, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloning; Endorhamnosidase activity; Motif; O antigen; Tailspike protein

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; O ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0032812828     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1649     Document Type: Article

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