Characterization and biological role of the O-polysaccharide gene cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:9

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7244-7253

  Skurnik, Mikael ^a,b   Biedzka Sarek, Marta ^a   Lübeck, Peter S ^c   Blom, Tea ^a,f   Bengoechea, José Antonio ^d,e   Pérez Gutiérrez, Camino ^d,e   Ahrens, Peter ^c,g   Hoorfar, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^e Fundacion Caubet CIMERA Illes Balears   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; LIPID A; N FORMYLPEROSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GALF GENE; GALU GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GND GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSAMINES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 35048815722     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00605-07     Document Type: Article

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