The Neisseria lipooligosaccharide-specific α-2,3-sialyltransferase is a surface-exposed outer membrane protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3744-3751

  Shell, Dawn M ^a   Chiles, Lisa ^a   Judd, Ralph C ^a   Seal, Samar ^a   Rest, Richard F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIALYLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RABBITS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0036081336     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3744-3751.2002     Document Type: Article

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