A general protein O-glycosylation system within the Burkholderia cepacia complex is involved in motility and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 116-137

  Lithgow, Karen V ^a   Scott, Nichollas E ^b   Iwashkiw, Jeremy A ^a,c   Thomson, Euan L S ^a   Foster, Leonard J ^b   Feldman, Mario F ^a,c   Dennis, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL GLYCOPROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; O OLIGOSACCHARYLTRANSFERASE PGLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOPROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; TRANSFERASE; TRISACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCAL0960 GENE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE SEQUENCE; LD 50; LEMNA MINOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ANIMALIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; O ANTIGENS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSFERASES; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 84897111790     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12540     Document Type: Article

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