Genetic characterization of the Klebsiella pneumoniae waa gene cluster, involved in core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3564-3573

  Regue M ^a   Climent, N ^a   Abitiu, N ^a   Coderch, N ^a   Merino, S ^a   Izquierdo, L ^a   Altarriba, M ^a   Tomas J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HEPTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DELETION MUTANT; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RECOMBINANT GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COSMIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0034981748     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.12.3564-3573.2001     Document Type: Article

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