A Salmonella typhimurium rfaE mutant recovers invasiveness for human epithelial cells when complemented by wild type rfaE (controlling biosynthesis of ADP-L-glycero-D-manno-Heptose-containing lipopolysaccharide)

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-232

  Kim, Cheorl Ho ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ADP L glycero D manno Heptose; Bacterial Invasion; Complementation; Core Oligosaccharide; Epithelial Cell; Lipopolysaccharide; rfaE Gene; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HEPTOSE; LIPID A; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RFAE PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL INVASION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEP 2 CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WILD TYPE; EPITHELIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SALMONELLOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037590899     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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