Characterization of lptA and lptB, two essential genes implicated in lipopolysaccharide transport to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 244-253

  Sperandeo, Paola ^a   Cescutti, Rachele ^b   Villa, Riccardo ^b   Di Benedetto, Cristiano ^a   Candia, Daniela ^a   Dehò, Gianni ^a   Polissi, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MSBA PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN IMP; PROTEIN LPTA; PROTEIN LPTB; PROTEIN RLPB; PROTEIN RPOE; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIPID BILAYER; LPTA GENE; LPTB GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; YHBG GENE; YHBN GENE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PERIPLASM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33845950113     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01126-06     Document Type: Article

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