Three genes, lgtF, lic2C and lpsA, have a primary role in determining the pattern of oligosaccharide extension from the inner core of Haemophilus influenzae LPS

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2089-2097

  Hood, Derek W ^a   Deadman, Mary E ^a   Cox, Andrew D ^b   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Martin, Adele ^b   Richards, James C ^b   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; HEXOSE; LGTF PROTEIN; LIC2C PROTEIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; LPSA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 4344605226     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26912-0     Document Type: Article

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