Synthesis of bacterial polysaccharides via the Wzx/Wzy-dependent pathway

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 697-716

  Islam, Salim T ^a,b   Lam, Joseph S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Membrane proteins; Wzx flippase; Wzy polymerase; Wzz polysaccharide copolymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX PROTEIN; WZY PROTEIN; WZZ PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ROL PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; O ANTIGENS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84909952305     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0595     Document Type: Article

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