Domain organization of the polymerizing mannosyltransferases involved in synthesis of the Escherichia coli O8 and O9a lipopolysaccharide O-antigens

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 38135-38149

  Greenfield, Laura K ^a   Richards, Michele R ^b   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^c   Wakarchuk, Warren W ^c,d   Lowary, Todd L ^b   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES;

GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MULTI DOMAINS; O-ANTIGEN; REPEAT UNITS; SEROTYPES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868321117     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.412577     Document Type: Article

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