Article
Gene products required for surface expression of the capsular form of the group 1 K antigen in Escherichia coli (O9a:K30).
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 1999
Drummelsmith J, Whitfield C
Abstract excerpt
The group 1 K30 antigen from Escherichia coli (O9a:K30) is present on the cell surface as both a capsular structure composed of high-molecular-weight K30 polysaccharide and as short K30 oligosaccharides linked to lipid A-core in a lipopolysaccharide molecule (K30LPS). To determine the molecular processes that are responsible for the two forms of K antigen, the 16 kb chromosomal cps region has been characterized....
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Surface
- Bacterial Capsules
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Blotting, Western
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fungal Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Glycosyltransferases
- Hexosyltransferases