Cloning, sequencing, and functional analysis of three glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of the inner core region of Klebsiella pneumoniae lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Endotoxin Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-33

  Noah, C ^a   Brabetz, W ^a   Gronow, S ^a   Brade, H ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE I; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE II; LIPID A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DNA LIBRARY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECURSOR; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SALMONELLA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 0034992255     PISSN: 09680519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/096805101101532495     Document Type: Article

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