DNA polymorphism analysis of Brucella lipopolysaccharide genes reveals marked differences in O-polysaccharide biosynthetic genes between smooth and rough Brucella species and novel species-specific markers

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zygmunt, Michel S ^a   Blasco, José M ^b   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^c   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a   Moriyn, Ignacio ^d  

^a UR1282   (France)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; 4 FORMAMIDO 4,6 DIDEOXYMANNOSE; 4-FORMAMIDO-4,6-DIDEOXYMANNOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEXOSAMINE; MANB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA CETI; BRUCELLA PINNIPEDIALIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; MANA O AG GENE; MANB CORE GENE; MANB O AG GENE; MANC O AG GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; SEROTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WBKD GENE; WBKE GENE; WBKF GENE; WBOA GENE; WBOB GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRUCELLA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSAMINES; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; O ANTIGENS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650632635     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-92     Document Type: Article

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