Molecular characterization of a novel β1,3-galactosyltransferase for capsular polysaccharide synthesis by Streptococcus agalactiae type Ib

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-191

  Watanabe, Masaki ^a   Miyake, Katsuhide ^a   Yanae, Kouji ^a   Kataoka, Yohei ^a   Koizumi, Satoshi ^b   Endo, Tetsuo ^b   Ozaki, Akio ^b   Iijima, Shinji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; cps gene cluster; Streptococcus agalactiae; 1,3 galactosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA 1,4 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; NEURAMINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0036191126     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a003086     Document Type: Article

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