A unique glycosyltransferase involved in the initial assembly of Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharides

Glycobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 447-455

  Schwingel, Johanna M ^a,b   St Michael, Frank ^c   Cox, Andrew D ^c   Masoud, Hussein ^c   Richards, James C ^c   Campagnari, Anthony A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; Lipooligosaccharide (LOS); Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEXOSE; LIPID A; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE 6;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUTANT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; SUGAR ACIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 44449100636     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwn021     Document Type: Article

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