Genetic Basis for Biosynthesis of the (α1→4)-Linked N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine 1-Phosphate Capsule of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6712-6720

  Tzeng, Yih Ling ^a,c   Noble, Corie ^c   Stephens, David S ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHATE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

EID: 0345047706     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.6712-6720.2003     Document Type: Article

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