An Aeromonas caviae Genomic island ism required for both O-antigen lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and flagellinlycosylation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2851-2863

  Tabei, S Mohammed B ^a   Hitchen, Paul G ^b   Day Williams, Michaela J ^a   Merino, Susana ^c   Vart, Richard ^b,d   Pang, Poh Choo ^b   Horsburgh, Gavin J ^a   Viches, Silvia ^c   Wilhelms, Markus ^c   Tomás, Juan M ^c   Dell, Anne ^b   Shaw, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; 5,7 DIACETAMIDO 3,5,7,9 TETRADEOXYNONULOSONIC ACID; 5,7-DIACETAMIDO-3,5,7,9-TETRADEOXYNONULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; SUGAR ACID;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FLMA GENE; FLMB GENE; FLMD GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; NEUA GENE; NEUB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; AEROMONAS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AEROMONAS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GLYCOSYLATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUGAR ACIDS;

EID: 65249168575     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01406-08     Document Type: Article

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