Lex2B, a phase-variable glycosyltransferase, adds either a glucose or a galactose to Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2376-2384

  Deadman, M E ^a   Hermant, P ^a   Engskog, M ^b   Makepeace, K ^a   Moxon, E R ^a   Schweda, E K H ^b   Hood, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEX2B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66549099730     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01446-08     Document Type: Article

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