Genetic organisation of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthesis region of Brucella melitensis 16M (wbk)

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 655-668

  Godfroid, Fabrice ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^b   Taminiau, Bernard ^a   Danese, Isabelle ^a   Tibor, Anne ^a   De Bolle, Xavier ^a   Mertens, Pascal ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Brucella; LPS genetics; O side chain

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENE PRODUCT; MANNOSE; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS 16M; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033779297     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(00)90130-X     Document Type: Article

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