In vitro bacterial polysaccharide biosynthesis: Defining the functions of Wzy and Wzz

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 418-423

  Woodward, Robert ^a   Yi, Wen ^a,d   Li, Lei ^a,b   Zhao, Guohui ^a,c   Eguchi, Hironobu ^a,e   Sridhar, Perali Ramu ^a,f   Guo, Hongjie ^a,g   Song, Jing Katherine ^a,h   Motari, Edwin ^a   Cai, Li ^a   Kelleher, Patrick ^a   Liu, Xianwei ^a,b   Han, Weiqing ^a   Zhang, Wenpeng ^a   Ding, Yan ^b   Li, Mei ^a,i   Wang, Peng George ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; GALACTOSAMINE; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN WZY; PROTEIN WZZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHO N ACETYL DEXTRO GALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECOGNITION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77952491040     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.351     Document Type: Article

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