Characterization of a gene cluster for sialoglycoconjugate utilization in Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 79-94

  Nakayama Imaohji, Haruyuki ^a   Ichimura, Minoru ^a   Iwasa, Tomoya ^a   Okada, Natsumi ^a   Ohnishi, Yoshinari ^a   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Colonization; Mucin; Sialidase; Sialoglycoconjugate

Indexed keywords

MUCIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIALIC ACID GENE; SIALIDASE GENE; SIALOGLYCOCONJUGATE UTILIZATION GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; MUS;

EID: 84857676701     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.59.79     Document Type: Article

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