Functional identification of the Proteus mirabilis core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4413-4424

  Aquilini, Eleonora ^a   Azevedo, Joana ^a   Jimenez, Natalia ^a   Bouamama, Lamiaa ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN WAMA; PROTEIN WAMB; PROTEIN WAMC; PROTEIN WAMD; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PROTEUS; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE BETA 1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINIDE BETA-1,6-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; WABO GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77956551873     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00494-10     Document Type: Article

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