Identification of the polyketide synthase involved in the biosynthesis of the surface-exposed lipooligosaccharides in mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2613-2621

  Etienne, Gilles ^a,b   Malaga, Wladimir ^a,b   Laval, Françoise ^a,b   Lemassu, Anne ^a,b   Guilhot, Christophe ^a,b   Daffé, Mamadou ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; FADD GENE; GAP GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LIPOGENESIS; MMPL GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAP GENE; PHENOTYPE; PKS5 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANETTII; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 65249124526     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01235-08     Document Type: Article

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