Genes required for the synthesis of heptose-containing oligosaccharide outer core extensions in Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3421-3431

  Hood, Derek W ^a   Deadman, Mary E ^a   Engskog, Mikael K R ^b   Vitiazeva, Varvara ^b   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Schweda, Elke K H ^b   Moxon, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEXTRO GLYCERO DEXTRO MANNO HEPTOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; LEVO GLYCERO DEXTRO MANNO HEPTOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LOSA1 GENE; LOSA2 GENE; LOSB1 GENE; LOSB2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEPTOSES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 78049505102     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.041780-0     Document Type: Article

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