Mutations in pimE restore lipoarabinomannan synthesis and growth in a Mycobacterium smegmatis lpqW mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3690-3699

  Crellin, Paul K ^a   Kovacevic, Svetozar ^a   Martin, Kirstee L ^b   Brammananth, Rajini ^a   Morita, Yasu S ^c   Billman Jacobe, Helen ^d   McConville, Malcolm J ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; LIPOARABINOMANNAN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL MANNOSIDE; RECOMBINANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; LIPOGENESIS; LPQW GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PIMEE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

CELL WALL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS; MANNOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS;

EID: 47049103660     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00200-08     Document Type: Article

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