Progress in understanding the assembly process of bacterial O-antigen

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1048-1065

  Kalynych, Sergei ^a   Morona, Renato ^b   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacterial surface; O antigen biosynthesis; O antigen genetics; O antigen length determination; O antigen transport; Surface carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FLIPPASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS;

EID: 84925230211     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12070     Document Type: Article

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