A novel glucosyltransferase involved in O-antigen modification of Shigella flexneri serotype 1c

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6612-6617

  Stagg, Robert M ^a   Tang, Swee Seong ^a,e   Carlin, Nils I A ^b   Talukder, Kaisar A ^c   Cam, Phung D ^d   Verma, Naresh K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SBL Vaccin AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^d National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GTRI GENE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSPOSON;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; PHYLOGENY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 70350457966     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00628-09     Document Type: Article

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