Identification of an O-antigen chain length regulator, WzzP, in Porphyromonas gingivalis

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-401

  Shoji, Mikio ^a   Yukitake, Hideharu ^a   Sato, Keiko ^a   Shibata, Yasuko ^b   Naito, Mariko ^a   Aduse Opoku, Joseph ^c   Abiko, Yoshimitsu ^b   Curtis, Michael A ^c   Nakayama, Koji ^a,d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

LPS biosynthesis; Periodontal pathogen; WbaP protein; Wzx protein; Wzz protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN WBAP; PROTEIN WZZP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; O ANTIGENS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 84897923160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.84     Document Type: Article

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