Sialic acid metabolism's dual function in Haemophilus influenzae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1113-1123

  Vimr, Eric ^a   Lichtensteiger, Carol ^a   Steenbergen, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GENE PRODUCT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INFECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SIALYLATION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGES; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NASOPHARYNX; OPERON; OXO-ACID-LYASES; PHENOTYPE; RATS;

EID: 0034128207     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01925.x     Document Type: Review

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