The Polysialic Acid-specific O-Acetyltransferase OatC from Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Evolved Apart from Other Bacterial Sialate O-Acetyltransferases
Authors:
- Heike ClausHCHeike Claus
- Nina K. LorenzenNLNina K. Lorenzen
- Fabian SpielmannFSFabian Spielmann
- Ulrich VogelUVUlrich Vogel
- Martina Mu¨hLenhoffMMMartina Mu¨hLenhoff
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 284 (1) , 6-16
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