Identification of sialyltransferases of Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 610-613

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

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Cps gene cluster; Sialyltransferase; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES;

GENE CLUSTERS;

ENZYMES;

GENE PRODUCT; LACTO N NEOTETRAOSE; LACTO N TETRAOSE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CPSIAK; PROTEIN CPSIBK; PROTEIN CPSK; SIALYLLACTO N NEOTETRAOSE; SIALYLLACTO N TETRAOSE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

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

EID: 0036308434     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(02)80246-8     Document Type: Article

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