CpsK of Streptococcus agalactiae exhibits α2,3-sialyltransferase activity in Haemophilus ducreyi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-122

  Chaffin, Donald O ^a   McKinnon, Katherine ^a   Rubens, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CPSK; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING ASSAY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LECTIN BINDING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CODON; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0036042548     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02988.x     Document Type: Article

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