gmhX, a novel gene required for the incorporation of L-glycero-D-manno-heptose into lipooligosaccharide in Neisseria meningitidis

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2367-2377

  Shih, G C ^a   Kahler, C M ^a   Carlson, R W ^a   Rahman, M M ^a   Stephens, D S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heptose biosynthesis; Lipopolysaccharides; Meningococcus

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; HISTIDINOL PHOSPHATASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMYXIN B; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MENINGOCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0034873832     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-8-2367     Document Type: Article

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