The O-antigen gene cluster of Escherichia coli O55:H7 and identification of a new UDP-GlcNAc C4 epimerase gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2620-2625

  Wang, Lei ^a   Huskic, Sandy ^a   Cisterne, Adam ^a   Rothemund, Deborah ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; O ANTIGEN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICIA COLI 055; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036235620     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.10.2620-2625.2002     Document Type: Article

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