Structure of the type IX Group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and its evolutionary relationship with types V and VII

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 23437-23448

  Berti, Francesco ^a   Campisi, Edmondo ^a   Toniolo, Chiara ^a   Morelli, Laura ^a   Crotti, Stefano ^a   Rosini, Roberto ^a   Romano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Pinto, Vittoria ^a   Brogioni, Barbara ^a   Torricelli, Giulia ^a   Janulczyk, Robert ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Margarit, Immaculada ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GENE SEQUENCES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; REPEATING UNIT;

BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE TYPE IX; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE TYPE V; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE TYPE VII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPSI GENE; CPSM GENE; CPSO GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84906539722     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.567974     Document Type: Article

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