The failure of different strains of Yersinia pestis to produce lipopolysaccharide O-antigen under different growth conditions is due to mutations in the O-antigen gene cluster

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-233

  Prior, Joann L ^a   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Hitchen, Paul G ^c   Mungall, Karen L ^b   Stevens, Kim ^b   Morris, Howard R ^c   Reason, Andrew J ^d   Oyston, Petra C F ^a   Dell, Anne ^c   Wren, Brendan W ^e   Titball, Richard W ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d M Scan Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; O ANTIGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0035853452     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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