Functional expression of enterobacterial O-polysaccharide biosynthesis enzymes in Bacillus subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4722-4730

  Schäffer, Christina ^a   Wugeditsch, Thomas ^a   Messner, Paul ^a   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOACTIVITY;

GENE PRODUCTS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATE; PLASMID DNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRISACCHARIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; VECTORS;

EID: 0036794810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.10.4722-4730.2002     Document Type: Article

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