Characterization of the Campylobacter jejuni heptosyltransferase II gene, waaF, provides genetic evidence that extracellular polysaccharide is lipid a core independent

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2100-2107

  Oldfield, Neil J ^a   Moran, Anthony P ^a   Millar, Lorna A ^a   Prendergast, Martina M ^a   Ketley, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GANGLIOTETRAOSYLCERAMIDE; HEPTOSE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE II; LIPID A; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036209878     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.8.2100-2107.2002     Document Type: Article

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