Analysis of the O-antigen chain length distribution during extracellular and intracellular growth of Shigella flexneri

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-27

  Varela, Gustavo ^a   Schelotto, Felipe ^a   Di Conza, José ^b   Ayala, Juan A ^b  

^a Universidad de la Republica Instituto de Higiene   (Uruguay)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intracellular growth; Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen chain length; Shigella flexneri

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EUKARYOTA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0034937752     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2001.0443     Document Type: Article

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