Outer membrane composition of a lipopolysaccharide-deficient Neisseria meningitidis mutant

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 6937-6945

  Steeghs, Liana ^a,b   De Cock, Hans ^b   Evers, Evert ^a   Zomer, Bert ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^b   Van der Ley, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Lipopolysaccharide; Neisseria meningitidis; Outer membrane proteins; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; GENE INSERTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0037126598     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.24.6937     Document Type: Article

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