Yersinia pestis YrbH is a multifunctional protein required for both 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid biosynthesis and biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 861-870

  Tan, Li ^a   Darby, Creg ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; ISOMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE DELETION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLAGUE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUGAR ACIDS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33746479101     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05265.x     Document Type: Article

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