Early molecular-recognition events in the synthesis and export of group 2 capsular polysaccharides

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Vimr, Eric R ^a   Steenbergen, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MONOSACCHARIDE; POLYSIALIC ACID; PROTEIN KPSC; PROTEIN KPSD; PROTEIN KPSE; PROTEIN KPSF; PROTEIN KPSMT; PROTEIN KPSS; PROTEIN KPST; PROTEIN KPSU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COUPLING FACTOR; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 61449217993     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.023564-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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