Functional genomics of Helicobacter pylori: Identification of a β-1,4 galactosyltransferase and generation of mutants with altered lipopolysaccharide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1156-1167

  Logan, S M ^a   Conlan, J W ^a   Monteiro, M A ^a   Wakarchuk, W W ^a   Altman, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MURINAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034012150     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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