Mutational analysis of genes implicated in LPS and capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the opportunistic pathogen Bacteroides fragilis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1039-1049

  Patrick, Sheila ^a   Houston, Simon ^a   Thacker, Zubin ^b   Blakely, Garry W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 65649108098     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025361-0     Document Type: Article

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