Functional characterization of Gne (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-4-epimerase), Wzz (chain length determinant), and Wzy (O-antigen polymerase) of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 4277-4287

  Bengoechea, José Antonio ^a   Pinta, Elise ^a   Salminen, Tiina ^a   Oertelt, Clemens ^a   Holst, Otto ^a   Radziejewska Lebrecht, Joanna ^a   Piotrowska Seget, Zofia ^a   Venho, Reija ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHAIN LENGTH DETERMINANT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEUCINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN POLYMERASE; PENTASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; O ANTIGENS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GALE; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0036066821     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.15.4277-4287.2002     Document Type: Article

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