Functional conservation of the polysaccharide biosynthetic protein WbpM and its homologues in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other medically significant bacteria

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 931-936

  Burrows, Lori L ^a,b   Urbanic, Robert V ^c   Lam, Joseph S ^c  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033966671     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.2.931-936.2000     Document Type: Article

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