Molecular diversity of the genetic loci responsible for lipopolysaccharide core oligosaccharide assembly within the genus Salmonella

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1305-1318

  Kaniuk, Natalia A ^a   Monteiro, Mario A ^b,d   Parker, Craig T ^c   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; STANDARD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS SUBSP. ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OPERON; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ARIZONAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036885721     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03243.x     Document Type: Article

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