Microbial glycosaminoglycan glycosyltransferases

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  DeAngelis, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroitin; Heparin; Heparosan; Hyaluronan or hyaluronic acid; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; CHONDROITIN; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFERASE;

ADHESION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; INFECTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUGAR TRANSPORT; SULFATION; VERTEBRATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PASTEURELLA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036120536     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/12.1.9r     Document Type: Short Survey

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