lpt6, a gene required for addition of phosphoethanolamine to inner-core lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6970-6982

  Wright, J Claire ^a,d   Hood, Derek W ^a   Randle, Gaynor A ^a   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Cox, Andrew D ^c   Li, Jianjun ^c   Chalmers, Ronald ^b   Richards, James C ^c   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HEPTOSE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA CHAIN; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LPT3 GENE; LPT6 GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ETHANOLAMINES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4944256087     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.20.6970-6982.2004     Document Type: Article

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