Characterization of the type III capsular polysaccharide produced by Burkholderia pseudomallei

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1403-1414

  Reckseidler Zenteno, Shauna L ^a,b   Viteri, Duber Frey ^a   Moore, Richard ^a   Wong, Erica ^a   Tuanyok, Apichai ^a   Woods, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL RNA; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TYPE III; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; HEPTOSE; MANNOHEPTOSE; MANNOSE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE TYPE III GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MELIOIDOSIS; MESOCRICETUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78649418335     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022202-0     Document Type: Article

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