Pseudaminic acid, the major modification on Campylobacter flagellin, is synthesized via the Cj1293 gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 659-671

  Goon, Scarlett ^a   Kelly, John F ^b   Logan, Susan M ^b   Ewing, Cheryl P ^a   Guerry, Patricia ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PSEUDAMINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CJ1293 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS ISOMER;

CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FLAGELLIN; GLYCOPEPTIDES; MUTATION; SIALIC ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0142030034     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03725.x     Document Type: Article

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