Functional analysis of the O antigen glucosylation gene cluster of Shigella flexneri bacteriophage SfX

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1263-1273

  Guan, Shukui ^a   Bastin, David A ^a   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Bactoprenol glucose transferase; Glucosyltransferase; LPS; O antigen serotype conversion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE SFX; NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032899656     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1263     Document Type: Article

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