Hypomorphic glycosyltransferase alleles and recoding at contingency loci influence glycan microheterogeneity in the protein glycosylation system of Neisseria species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5034-5043

  Johannessen, Camilla ^a   Koomey, Michael ^a   Børud, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DISACCHARIDE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N,N' DIACETYLBACILLOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; PGLA GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; SEROTYPING;

ALLELES; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NEISSERIA; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA;

EID: 84866353955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00950-12     Document Type: Article

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