Molecular analysis of three Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3 (serotype O34) lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis gene clusters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3176-3184

  Jimenez, Natalia ^a   Canals, Rocío ^a   Lacasta, Anna ^a   Kondakova, Anna N ^b,c   Lindner, Buko ^c   Knirel, Yuriy A ^b   Merino, Susana ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; WAAC GENE; WAAF GENE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 42549117250     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01874-07     Document Type: Article

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