Analysis of Campylobacter jejuni capsular loci reveals multiple mechanisms for the generation of structural diversity and the ability to form complex heptoses

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-103

  Karlyshev, Andrey V ^a   Champion, Olivia L ^a   Churcher, Carol ^b   Brisson, Jean Robert ^c   Jarrell, Harold C ^c   Gilbert, Michel ^c   Brochu, Denis ^c   St Michael, Frank ^c   Li, Jianjun ^c   Wakarchuk, Warren W ^c   Goodhead, Ian ^b   Sanders, Mandy ^b   Stevens, Kim ^b   White, Brian ^b   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Wren, Brendan W ^a   Szymanski, Christine M ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HEPTOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEPTOSES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 19944432709     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04374.x     Document Type: Article

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