NeuD plays a role in the synthesis of sialic acid in Escherichia coli K1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 281-284

  Daines, Dayle A ^a   Wright, Lori F ^a   Chaffin, Donald O ^b   Rubens, Craig E ^b   Silver, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Group B Streptococcus; K1 capsule; NeuD; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0034663748     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00301-3     Document Type: Article

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