Identification and biosynthesis of cyclic enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1995-2004

  Erbel, Paul J A ^a   Barr, Kathleen ^b   Gao, Ninguo ^a   Gerwig, Gerrit J ^c   Rick, Paul D ^b   Gardner, Kevin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 4,6 DIDEOXY DEXTRO GALACTOSE; ANTIGEN; ENTEROBACTERIAL COMMON ANTIGEN; GALACTOSE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; GLYCOLIPID; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2; N ACETYL DEXTRO MANNOSAMINURONIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL SURFACE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037334849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1995-2004.2003     Document Type: Article

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