Characterization of a cluster of three glycosyltransferase enzymes essential for Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide assembly

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2939-2947

  Edwards, Katie J ^a,b   Allen, Simon ^c   Gibson, Bradford W ^c,d   Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA (1-2) GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA (1-4) GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; BETA (1-4) GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3F7; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 4G5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA;

EID: 17644414927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.2939-2947.2005     Document Type: Article

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