A novel glucosyltransferase involved in O-antigen modification of Shigella flexneri serotype 1c

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2009

Authors

Stagg, Rob
Tang, Swee-Seong
Carlin, Nils I.A.
Talukder, Kaisar A
Cam, P.D.
Verma, Naresh

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American Society for Microbiology

Abstract

The O antigen of serotype 1c differs from the unmodified O antigen of serotype Y by the addition of a disaccharide (two glucosyl groups) to the tetrasaccharide repeating unit. It was shown here that addition of the first glucosyl group is mediated by the

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Keywords: glucosyltransferase; O antigen; article; bacterial gene; bacterial strain; controlled study; gene cluster; gene expression; gene function; gene sequence; gtri gene; immunoblotting; molecular cloning; mutagenesis; nonhuman; priority journal; serotype; Shig

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Journal of Bacteriology

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