Identification of two late acyltransferase genes responsible for lipid A biosynthesis in Moraxella catarrhalis

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5201-5214

  Gao, Song ^a,c   Peng, Daxin ^a,c   Zhang, Wenhong ^a   Muszyński, Artur ^b   Carlson, Russell W ^b   Gu, Xin Xing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Late acyltransferase; Lipo oligosaccharide; lpxL; lpxX; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; DECANOIC ACID; DECANOYL TRANSFERASE; DODECANOYL TRANSFERASE; LAURIC ACID; LIPID A; REAGENT; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOGENESIS; LUNG CLEARANCE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD; HUMANS; LIPID A; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MURINAE;

EID: 52449129842     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06651.x     Document Type: Article

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