Structural and genetic characterization of the Shigella boydii type 18 O antigen

Gene

Volumn 355, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Feng, Lu ^a   Senchenkova, Sof'ya N ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Shashkov, Alexander S ^b   Liu, Bin ^a   Shevelev, Sergei D ^b   Liu, Dan ^a   Knirel, Yuriy A ^b   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

O antigen gene cluster; O polysaccharide structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GALACTURONIC ACID; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN; PENTASACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA BOYDII; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACETYLATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

NEGIBACTERIA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

EID: 23644437179     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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