Characterization of the α-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase of Neisseria gonorrhoea, a key control point in lipooligosaccharride biosynthesis

Glycobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 537-546

  Wakarchuk, Warren ^a   Schur, Melissa J ^a   St Michael, Frank ^a   Li, Jinjuan ^a   Eichler, Eva ^a   Whitfield, Dennis ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Lipooligosaccharide; Neisseria

Indexed keywords

HEPTOSE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 3042850423     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh074     Document Type: Article

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