Genetics of O-antigen biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 523-553

  Rocchetta, H L ^a,c   Burrows, L L ^b,c   Lam, J S ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYTOKINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; URONIC ACID;

ACETYLATION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE MAPPING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032831499     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.3.523-553.1999     Document Type: Article

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