Distribution of core oligosaccharide types in lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1116-1124

  Amor, Karen ^a   Heinrichs, David E ^a,c   Frirdich, Emilisa ^a   Ziebell, Kim ^b   Johnson, Roger P ^b   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VEROTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES;

EID: 0033952469     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1116-1124.2000     Document Type: Article

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