Assembly of cyclic enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 6917-6927

  Kajimura, Junko ^a   Rahman, Arifur ^a   Rick, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; ENTEROBACTERIAL COMMON ANTIGEN; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; PYROPHOSPHATE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYLPYROPHOSPHATE;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WEC GENE; WZXE GENE; WZYE GENE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SOLUBILITY; TRISACCHARIDES; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 26444460273     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.20.6917-6927.2005     Document Type: Article

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