Analysis of lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis in the Neisseriaceae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 934-941

  Arking, D ^a   Tong, Y ^a   Stein, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; NEISSERIACEAE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA SICCA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; NEISSERIACEAE;

EID: 0035152932     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.3.934-941.2001     Document Type: Article

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