The O-antigen gene cluster of Shigella boydii O11 and functional identification of its wzy gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-132

  Tao, Jiang ^a   Feng, Lu ^a   Guo, Hongjie ^a   Li, Yayue ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Molecular typing; O Antigen polymerase; Shigella boydii type 11

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE; SUGAR; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; O ANTIGENS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA BOYDII; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

EID: 1942438100     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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