Characterization of an Escherichia coli rff mutant defective in transfer of N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid (ManNAcA) from UDP-ManNAcA to a lipid-linked intermediate involved in enterobacterial common antigen synthesis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 01, 1988

Authors

K Barr1, S Ward, U Meier-Dieter, H Mayer, P D Rick

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.

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