The Hd0053 gene of Haemophilus ducreyi encodes an α2,3-sialyltransferase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 555-560

  Li, Yanhong ^a   Sun, Mingchi ^a   Huang, Shengshu ^a   Yu, Hai ^a   Chokhawala, Harshal A ^a   Thon, Vireak ^a   Chen, Xi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial sialyltransferase; Glycosyltransferase; GT80; Haemophilus ducreyi; Lipooligosaccharides; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2,3 SIALYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIALYLATION; ULCEROGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547539526     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.063     Document Type: Article

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