Glycosyltransferase functions of E. coli O-antigens

Glycobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-368

  Lundborg, Magnus ^a   Modhukur, Vijayachitra ^a   Widmalm, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Database; Escherichia coli; Glycosyltransferases; O antigen; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; O ANTIGENS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77949883552     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp185     Document Type: Article

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