Characterization of the specific O-polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:15

Innate Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 351-359

  De Castro, Cristina ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^b,c   Molinaro, Antonio ^a   Holst, Otto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic gene cluster; O specific polysaccharide; Paratofuranose; Structure; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PENTASACCHARIDE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

CHIMERA; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEROTYPING; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 74549172084     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425909105319     Document Type: Article

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