The O-specific polysaccharide structure and gene cluster of serotype O:12 of the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex, and the identification of a novel L-quinovose biosynthesis gene

Glycobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 346-353

  De Castro, Cristina ^a   Kenyon, Johanna J ^b   Cunneen, Monica M ^b   Molinaro, Antonio ^a   Holst, Otto ^c   Skurnik, Mikael ^d,e   Reeves, Peter R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

O specific polysaccharide; Quinovose; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; Yersinia similis; Yersiniose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; EPIMERASE; FUCOSE; GUANINE DERIVATIVE; HEXOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUINOVOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA SIMILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; HEXOSES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84875703043     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cws145     Document Type: Article

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