Identification of the lic1ABCD operon that controls the phase-variable expression of phosphorylcholine on lipopolysaccharide from Avibacterium paragallinarum

Avian Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-78

  Chiang, Y T ^a   Shien, J H ^a   Tan, D H ^a   Shieh, M K ^a   Liu, C C ^a   Chen, Y S ^a   Chang, P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PASTEURELLACEAE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PASTEURELLACEAE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84873735811     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2012.760840     Document Type: Article

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