Cloning, expression, and purification of the K5 capsular polysaccharide lyase (KflA) from coliphage K5A: Evidence for two distinct K5 lyase enzymes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3761-3766

  Clarke, Bradley R ^a   Esumeh, Fred ^a,b   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLIPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAMINIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034123367     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3761-3766.2000     Document Type: Article

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