Conserved glycolipid termini in capsular polysaccharides synthesized by ATP-binding cassette transporterdependent pathways in Gram-negative pathogens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7868-7873

  Willis, Lisa M ^a   Stupak, Jacek ^b   Richards, Michele R ^c,d   Lowary, Todd L ^c,d   Li, Jianjun ^b   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capsule assembly; Polysaccharide export

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSIALIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CAPSULE ASSEMBLY; POLYSACCHARIDE EXPORT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOLIPIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84877316402     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222317110     Document Type: Article

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