Characterization of galacturonosyl transferase genes rgtA, rgtB, rgtC, rgtD, and rgtE responsible for lipopolysaccharide synthesis in nitrogen-fixing endosymbiont Rhizobium leguminosarum: Lipopolysaccharide core and lipid galacturonosyl residues confer membrane stability

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 935-949

  Brown, Dusty B ^a   Forsberg, L Scott ^a   Kannenberg, Elmar L ^a   Carlson, Russell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CORE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; CORE REGION; DEOXYCHOLATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GALACTURONIC ACIDS; GLYCOSYL; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE STABILITY; PARENT STRAIN; POLYMYXIN B; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINGLE MUTATION; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; TOTAL LIPID EXTRACTS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

GENES;

DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; DODECAPRENYL PHOSPHATE GALACTURONIC ACID; GALACTURONOSYL TRANSFERASE; LIPID A; NITROGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMYXIN B; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRAIN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RGTA GENE; RGTB GENE; RGTC GENE; RGTD GENE; RGTE GENE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; POLYMYXIN B; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 84855510319     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.311571     Document Type: Article

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