Identification of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase involved in exosporium protein glycosylation in Bacillus anthracis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7094-7101

  Dong, Shengli ^a   Chesnokova, Olga N ^a,b   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^b   Pritchard, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN BCLA; MONOSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BAS5114 GENE; BAS5304 GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350436271     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01050-09     Document Type: Article

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