Biosynthesis of 6-deoxyhexose glycans in bacteria

Glycobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Mäki, Minna ^a   Renkonen, Risto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

6 deoxy talose; Fucose; Nucleotide sugars; rhamnose

Indexed keywords

6 DEOXYTALOSE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELL SURFACE MARKER; FUCOSE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; LIPID; PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FUCOSYLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA; FUCOSE; HEXOSES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHAMNOSE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1542315622     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh040     Document Type: Review

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