Distinct functional domains of the Salmonella enterica WbaP transferase that is involved in the initiation reaction for synthesis of the O antigen subunit

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 440-453

  Saldías, M Soledad ^a,b   Patel, Kinnari ^b   Marolda, Cristina L ^b   Bittner, Mauricio ^a,c   Contreras, Inés ^a   Valvano, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN WBAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; O ANTIGENS; PEPTIDES; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 38849111460     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/013136-0     Document Type: Article

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