Towards understanding the functional role of the glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2024-2037

  Peak, Ian R ^a   Grice, I D ^a   Faglin, Isabelle ^a   Klipic, Zoran ^a   Collins, Patrick M ^a   Van Schendel, Lucien ^a   Hitchen, Paul G ^b   Morris, Howard R ^c   Dell, Anne ^b   Wilson, Jennifer C ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c M SCAN Mass Spectrometry Research and Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis; Moraxella catarrhalis; MS; NMR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE;

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; SEROTYPING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 34247158655     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05746.x     Document Type: Article

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