Identification, cloning and characterization of rfaE of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1, a gene involved in lipopolysaccharide inner-core biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Provost, Marilou ^a   Harel, Josée ^a   Labrie, Josée ^a   Sirois, Marc ^b   Jacques, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Complementation; DNA sequencing; Lipopolysaccharide; rfaE; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEPTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NOVOBIOCIN; PROTEIN RFAE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PERMEABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE SEROVAR 1; MYCOPLASMA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 0037870339     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00247-7     Document Type: Article

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