Effects of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis mutations on K1 polysaccharide association with the Escherichia coli cell surface

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3356-3367

  Jiménez, Natalia ^a   Senchenkova, Sofya N ^c   Knirel, Yuriy A ^c   Pieretti, Giuseppina ^b   Corsaro, Maria M ^b   Aquilini, Eleonora ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELL EXTRACT; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HEPTOSE; O ANTIGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEPTOSES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864006283     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00329-12     Document Type: Article

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