Diversity within the o-linked protein glycosylation systems of acinetobacter species

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2354-2370

  Scott, Nichollas E ^a   Kinsella, Rachel L ^b   Edwards, Alistair V G ^c   Larsen, Martin R ^c   Dutta, Sucharita ^d   Saba, Julian ^d   Foster, Leonard J ^a   Feldman, Mario F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEOME; GLYCOPEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ACINETOBACTER NOSOCOMIALIS; ACINETOBACTER PITTII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEOMICS; STEREOISOMERISM; GLYCOSYLATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACINETOBACTER;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84907200788     PISSN: 15359476     EISSN: 15359484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/mcp.M114.038315     Document Type: Article

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