A common pathway for O-linked protein-glycosylation and synthesis of capsule in Acinetobacter baumannii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 816-830

  Lees Miller, Robert G ^a   Iwashkiw, Jeremy A ^a   Scott, Nichollas E ^b   Seper, Andrea ^c   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^d   Schild, Stefan ^c   Feldman, Mario F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENTASACCHARIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAPSULE BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLYCOSYLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84883176518     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12300     Document Type: Article

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