Molecular and chemical characterization of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen and its role in the virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Zhang, Lijuan ^a,c   Radziejewska Lebrecht, Joanna ^b   Krajewska Pietrasik, Danuta ^b   Toivanen, Paavo ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031022770     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.1871558.x     Document Type: Article

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