Genetic and functional analyses of the IgtH gene, a member of the β-1,4-galactosyltransferase gene family in the genus Neisseria

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Zhu, Peixuan ^a,b   Boykins, Robert A ^a   Tsai, Chao Ming ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CREATV MICROTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,4 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEPTOSE; HEXOSE; ISOENZYME; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE SYNTHASE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 30744443828     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28327-0     Document Type: Article

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