Three Wzy polymerases are specific for particular forms of an internal linkage in otherwise identical O units

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1639-1647

  Hong, Yaoqin ^a,b   Morcilla, Vincent A ^a   Liu, Michael A ^a   Russell, Elsa L M ^a   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE; O ANTIGEN; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX PROTEIN; WZY POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84940198555     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000113     Document Type: Article

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