Inefficient translocation of a truncated O unit by a Salmonella Wzx affects both O-antigen production and cell growth

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Michael A ^a   Stent, Thomas L ^a   Hong, Yaoqin ^a,b   Reeves, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Flippase; Gene cluster; Glycobiology; Lipopolysaccharide; O unit

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZX PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ABE GENE; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA; WZX GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 84940201950     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv053     Document Type: Article

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