Interplay of the Wzx translocase and the corresponding polymerase and chain length regulator proteins in the translocation and periplasmic assembly of lipopolysaccharide O antigen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5124-5135

  Marolda, Cristina L ^a   Tatar, Laura D ^a   Alaimo, Cristina ^b   Aebi, Markus ^b   Valvano, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; ISOPRENOID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RFT1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX TRANSLOCASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE CLUSTER; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; PERIPLASM; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33745907252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00461-06     Document Type: Article

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