Progress in our understanding of Wzx flippase for translocation of bacterial membrane lipid-linked oligosaccharide

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flippase; Glycobiology; O antigen; Polysaccharides; Wzx

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INNER MEMBRANE FLIPPASE WZX; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE LIPID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; WZX PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INNER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GLYCOBIOLOGY; METABOLISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCOMICS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; O ANTIGENS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 85037559629     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00154-17     Document Type: Article

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