Lipopolysaccharide O-antigen chain length regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa serogroup O11 strain PA103

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2709-2716

  Kintz, Erica ^a   Scarff, Jennifer M ^a   DiGiandomenico, Antonio ^a,c   Goldberg, Joanna B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b 7230 Jordan Hall ^*  (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZZ1 PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; O ANTIGENS; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SERUM BACTERICIDAL TEST; SPLEEN; STEM CELLS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 41949116370     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01646-07     Document Type: Article

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