Identification of a glycosyltransferase from Mycobacterium marinum involved in addition of a caryophyllose moiety in lipooligosaccharides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2336-2340

  Sarkar, Debasmita ^a   Sidhu, Mandeep ^a   Singh, Albel ^a   Chen, Jiemin ^a   Lammas, David A ^a   van der Sar, Astrid M ^b   Besra, Gurdyal S ^a   Bhatt, Apoorva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM;

EID: 79955529781     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00065-11     Document Type: Article

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