Identification of lipopolysaccharide O antigen synthesis genes required for attachment of the S-layer of Caulobacter crescentus

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1451-1460

  Awram, P ^a   Smit, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dideoxyaminohexose; Glycosyltransferase; Outer membrane; Perosamine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOSE; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034965222     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-6-1451     Document Type: Article

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