Regulation of O-antigen chain length is required for Shigella flexneri virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 765-775

  Van Den Bosch, Luisa ^a   Manning, Paul A ^a   Morona, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0031036833     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2541625.x     Document Type: Article

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