Structure-guided investigation of lipopolysaccharide O-antigen chain length regulators reveals regions critical for modal length control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3710-3721

  Kalynych, Sergei ^a   Ruan, Xiang ^b   Valvano, Miguel A ^b   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZZ PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 79960384777     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00059-11     Document Type: Article

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