Sialylation of group B streptococcal capsular polysaccharide is mediated by cpsK and is required for optimal capsule polymerization and expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4615-4626

  Chaffin, D O ^a   Mentele, L M ^a   Rubens, C E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALYLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 21144455571     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.13.4615-4626.2005     Document Type: Article

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