Multiple lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases in Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 942-952

  Shih, Giles C ^a,b   Kahler, Charlene M ^a,b   Swartley, John S ^a,b,e   Rahman, M Mahbubur ^c   Coleman, Jack ^d,f   Carlson, Russell W ^c   Stephens, David S ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Enzon Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

1-ACYLGLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0033025298     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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