Functional identification of Proteus mirabilis eptC gene encoding a core lipopolysaccharide phosphoethanolamine transferase

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6689-6702

  Aquilini, Eleonora ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Knirel, Yuriy A ^b   Regué, Miguel ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Core lipopolysaccharide; Phosphoethanolamine; Proteus mirabilis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROVIDENCIA; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ETHANOLAMINEPHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84899141009     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15046689     Document Type: Article

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