Multiple N-acetyl neuraminic acid synthetase (neuB) genes in Campylobacter jejuni: Identification and characterization of the gene involved in sialylation of lipo-oligosaccharide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1120-1134

  Linton, Dennis ^a,b   Karlyshev, Andrey V ^b   Hitchen, Paul G ^c   Morris, Howard R ^c   Dell, Anne ^c   Gregson, Norman A ^a   Wren, Brendan W ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA PRIMERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OXO-ACID-LYASES;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARTES PENNANTI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034057262     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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