Genetic diversity of three lgt loci for biosynthesis of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in Neisseria species

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1833-1844

  Zhu, Peixuan ^a   Klutch, Michael J ^a   Bash, Margaret C ^a   Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Ng, Lai King ^a   Tsai, Chao Ming ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic variation; Glycosyltransferase; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Oligosaccharide structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035987279     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-6-1833     Document Type: Article

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