Sequence-based predictions of lipooligosaccharide diversity in the neisseriaceae and their implication in pathogenicity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Stein, Daniel C ^a   Miller, Clinton J ^a   Bhoopalan, Senthil V ^a   Sommer, Daniel D ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY MANNO OCTULOSONIC ACID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPTOSE; HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE III; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79955151847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018923     Document Type: Article

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