Gene Review:
wzx - O antigen flippase Wzx
Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933
- Relationship between O-antigen subtypes, bacterial surface structures and O-antigen gene clusters in Escherichia coli O123 strains carrying genes for Shiga toxins and intimin. Beutin, L., Wang, Q., Naumann, D., Han, W., Krause, G., Leomil, L., Wang, L., Feng, L. J. Med. Microbiol. (2007)
- DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli O103 O antigen gene cluster and detection of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O103 by PCR amplification of the wzx and wzy genes. Fratamico, P.M., DebRoy, C., Strobaugh, T.P., Chen, C.Y. Can. J. Microbiol. (2005)
- Two distinct but interchangeable mechanisms for flipping of lipid-linked oligosaccharides. Alaimo, C., Catrein, I., Morf, L., Marolda, C.L., Callewaert, N., Valvano, M.A., Feldman, M.F., Aebi, M. EMBO J. (2006)
- The Wzx translocases for Salmonella enterica O-antigen processing have unexpected serotype specificity. Hong, Y., Cunneen, M.M., Reeves, P.R. Mol. Microbiol. (2012)
- Evidence that the wzxE gene of Escherichia coli K-12 encodes a protein involved in the transbilayer movement of a trisaccharide-lipid intermediate in the assembly of enterobacterial common antigen. Rick, P.D., Barr, K., Sankaran, K., Kajimura, J., Rush, J.S., Waechter, C.J. J. Biol. Chem. (2003)
- Sequence analysis of the Escherichia coli O15 antigen gene cluster and development of a PCR assay for rapid detection of intestinal and extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli O15 strains. Beutin, L., Tao, J., Feng, L., Krause, G., Zimmermann, S., Gleier, K., Xia, Q., Wang, L. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2005)
- Development of PCR assays targeting genes in O-antigen gene clusters for detection and identification of Escherichia coli O45 and O55 serogroups. DebRoy, C., Fratamico, P.M., Roberts, E., Davis, M.A., Liu, Y. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005)
- Sequence of the Escherichia coli O121 O-antigen gene cluster and detection of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O121 by PCR amplification of the wzx and wzy genes. Fratamico, P.M., Briggs, C.E., Needle, D., Chen, C.Y., DebRoy, C. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2003)
- Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid. Stevenson, G., Andrianopoulos, K., Hobbs, M., Reeves, P.R. J. Bacteriol. (1996)
- Effect of wzx (rfbX) mutations on A-band and B-band lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa O5. Burrows, L.L., Lam, J.S. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- The O-antigen gene cluster of Shigella boydii O11 and functional identification of its wzy gene. Tao, J., Feng, L., Guo, H., Li, Y., Wang, L. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2004)
- Phenotypic and genetic markers for serotype-specific detection of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 strains from North America. Murinda, S.E., Batson, S.D., Nguyen, L.T., Gillespie, B.E., Oliver, S.P. Foodborne Pathog. Dis. (2004)