Genetic characterization of pilin glycosylation in Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 967-979

  Power, Peter M ^a   Roddam, Louise F ^a   Dieckelmann, Manuela ^a,b   Srikhanta, Yogitha N ^a   Tan, Yoke Cheng ^a   Berrington, Andrew W ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferase; Lipopolysaccharide; Neisseria meningitidi; Pilin

Indexed keywords

PILIN; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0034036795     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-4-967     Document Type: Article

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