Mutation of waaC, encoding heptosyltransferase I in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176, affects the structure of both lipooligosaccharide and capsular carbohydrate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3273-3279

  Kanipes, Margaret I ^a   Papp Szabo, Erzsebet ^b   Guerry, Patricia ^c   Monteiro, Mario A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCERO DEXTRO MANNO HEPTOSE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE I; LIPID A; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COVALENT BOND; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; WAAC GENE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FLAVONOIDS; GASTROENTERITIS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 33646266946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.9.3273-3279.2006     Document Type: Article

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