creation of a large deletion mutant of campylobacter jejuni reveals that the lipooligosaccharide gene cluster is not required for viability

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2392-2399

  Marsden, Gemma L ^a,e   Li, Jianjun ^b   Everest, Paul H ^c   Lawson, Andrew J ^d   Ketley, Julian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL INVASION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENE DELETION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

EID: 64049096015     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01397-08     Document Type: Article

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