Site rfbB
- Name: rfbB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2041 MG1655 locus tag rmlB som - Mnemonic: rough
- Left End Point: 45.48
- Right End Point: 45.51
- Products:
TDP-glucose oxidoreductase alpha-TDP-glucose-4,6-dehydratase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
rfbB51(del) rfbB739(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12412 EcoliWiki rfbB - Comment:
- References:
- Makela, P.H., B. Stocker 1969. Genetics of polysaccharide biosynthesis. Annu.Rev.Genet. 3:291-322
- Klena, J.D., C.A. Schnaitman 1993. Function of the rfb gene cluster and rfe gene in the synthesis of O antigen by Shigella dysenteriae 1. Mol.Microbiol. 9:393-402
- Yao, Z., M.A. Valvano 1994. Genetic analysis of the O-specific lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis region (rfb) of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110: identification of genes that confer group 6 specificity to Shigella flexneri serotypes Y and 4a. J.Bacteriol. 17
- Stevenson, G., B. Neal, D. Liu, M. Hobbs, N.H. Packer, M. Batley, J.W. Redmond, L. Lindquist, P.R. Reeves 1994. Structure of the O antigen of Escherichia coli K-12 and the sequence of its rfb gene cluster. J.Bacteriol. 176:4144-4156