Three UDP-hexose 4-epimerases with overlapping substrate specificity coexist in E. coli O86:B7

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 356, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 604-609

  Guo, Hongjie ^a   Yi, Wen ^a   Li, Lei ^b   Wang, Peng George ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

O antigen; Rough LPS; Semi rough LPS; UDP hexose 4 epimerase

Indexed keywords

EPIMERASE; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE HEXOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O86 B7; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GNE2 GENE; GNEI GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33947623653     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.015     Document Type: Article

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