Determination of glycosyltransferase specificities for the Escherichia coli O111 O antigen by a generic approach

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1294-1298

  Stevenson, Gordon ^a   Dieckelmann, Manuela ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

GENE CLUSTER SEQUENCES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE (GT);

ENZYME KINETICS;

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 39649097412     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02660-07     Document Type: Article

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