Biochemical analysis of Lpt3, a protein responsible for phosphoethanolamine addition to lipooligosaccharide of pathogenic Neisseria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1039-1048

  O'Connor, Ellen T ^a   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^b   Swanson, Karen V ^a,c   McLeod Griffiss, J ^c   Stein, Daniel C ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; LPT3 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOINFORMATICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHANOLAMINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 31344463458     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1039-1048.2006     Document Type: Article

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