Molecular characterization of phosphorylcholine expression on the lipooligosaccharide of Histophilus somni

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Elswaifi, Shaadi F ^a   St Michael, Frank ^b   Sreenivas, Avula ^c   Cox, Andrew ^b   Carman, George M ^c   Inzana, Thomas J ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antigenic and phase variation; Histophilus somni; Lipooligosaccharide; Phosphorylcholine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE KINASE; GLPQ PROTEIN; LIC1A PROTEIN; LIC1ABCD PROTEIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHOLINE KINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI;

EID: 70349485252     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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