YjhS (NanS) is required for Escherichia coli to grow on 9-O-acetylated N-acetylneuraminic acid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7134-7139

  Steenbergen, Susan M ^a   Jirik, Jamie L ^a   Vimr, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 O ACETYLATED N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YJHS GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SIALIC ACIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350468849     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01000-09     Document Type: Article

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