Campylobacter jejuni glycosylation island important in cell charge, legionaminic acid biosynthesis, and colonization of chickens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2544-2556

  Howard, Sarah L ^a   Jagannathan, Aparna ^b   Soo, Evelyn C ^c   Hui, Joseph P M ^c   Aubry, Annie J ^c   Ahmed, Imran ^a   Karlyshev, Andrey ^d   Kelly, John F ^c   Jones, Michael A ^e   Stevens, Mark P ^b   Logan, Susan M ^c   Wren, Brendan W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; FORMIC ACID; GLYCAN; LEGIONAMINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 5,7 DIACETAMIDO 8 O ACETYL 3,5,7,9 TETRADEOXY GLYCERO TALO NONULOSONIC ACID; 5,7-DIACETAMIDO-8-O-ACETYL-3,5,7,9-TETRADEOXY-GLYCERO-TALO-NONULOSONIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLAGELLIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POULTRY DISEASES; SIALIC ACIDS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 66549127745     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01425-08     Document Type: Article

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