A novel outer membrane protein, wzi, is involved in surface assembly of the Escherichia coli K30 group 1 capsule

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5882-5890

  Rahn, Andrea ^a   Beis, Kostantinos ^b   Naismith, James H ^b   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN WZI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BETA SHEET; C TERMINAL HEXAHISTIDINE TAG; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CPS GENE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 30; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPING; WZA GENE; WZB GENE; WZC GENE; WZI GENE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141504185     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5882-5890.2003     Document Type: Article

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