Lipopolysaccharide O antigen chains mask IcsA (VirG) in Shigella flexneri

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Morona, Renato ^a   Van Den Bosch, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

IcsA; Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen; Steric hindrance; Tailspike protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ICSA; PROTEIN TSP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRG PROTEIN, SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID;

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A STR. 2457T;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0142093989     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00210-6     Document Type: Article

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