Characterization of WbiQ: An α1,2-fucosyltransferase from Escherichia coli O127:K63(B8), and synthesis of H-type 3 blood group antigen

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-195

  Pettit, Nicholas ^a   Styslinger, Thomas ^a   Mei, Zhen ^a   Han, Weiqing ^a   Zhao, Guohui ^a   Wang, Peng George ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Fucosyltransferase; O antigen; WbiQ

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLOOD GROUP H ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; METAL;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; O ANTIGENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78149465721     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.087     Document Type: Article

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