Biosynthesis of uronamide sugars in Pseudomonas aeruginosa O6 and Escherichia coli O121 O antigens

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1531-1544

  King, Jerry ^a   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^b   Tran, Vanessa ^a,c   Lam, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINASE; O ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN, E.COLI O121; O-ANTIGEN, E.COLI O121; URONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMINASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URONIC ACIDS;

EID: 77957935609     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02182.x     Document Type: Article

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