Characterization of the Escherichia coli O59 and O155 O-antigen gene clusters: The atypical wzx genes are evolutionary related

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-161

  Guo, Hongjie ^a,b   Kong, Qingke ^a   Cheng, Jiansong ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Feng, Lu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli serotypes O59 and O155; O antigen flippase; Specific genes

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; ISOENZYME; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21744453456     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.036     Document Type: Article

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