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Review
. 1996 Dec;4(12):495-503.
doi: 10.1016/s0966-842x(97)82912-5.

Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature

P R Reeves  1 , M Hobbs, M A Valvano, M Skurnik, C Whitfield, D Coplin, N Kido, J Klena, D Maskell, C R Raetz, P D Rick
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Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature

P R Reeves et al. Trends Microbiol. 1996 Dec.

Abstract

Gene nomenclature for bacterial surface polysaccharides is complicated by the large number of structures and genes. We propose a scheme applicable to all species that distinguishes different classes of genes, provides a single name for all genes of a given function and greatly facilitates comparative studies.

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