Evidence for a system of general protein glycosylation in Campylobacter jejuni

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1022-1030

  Szymanski, Christine M ^a   Ruijin, Yao ^a   Ewing, Cheryl P ^a   Trust, Trevor J ^b,c   Guerry, Patricia ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; FLAGELLIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033024228     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01415.x     Document Type: Article

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