Expression of a uniquely regulated extracellular polysaccharide confers a large-capsule phenotype to Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1020-1026

  Chatzidaki Livanis, Maria ^a   Coyne, Michael J ^a   Roche Hakansson, Hazeline ^a,c   Comstock, Laurie E ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; GENTAMICIN; HEMIN; MENADIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FECES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MALE; MICE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 38649103144     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01519-07     Document Type: Article

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