Characterization of a lipopolysaccharide mutant of Leptospira derived by growth in the presence of an anti-lipopolysaccharide monoclonal antibody

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Zapata, Sonia ^a   Trueba, Gabriel ^a   Bulach, Dieter M ^b   Boucher, David ^b   Adler, Ben ^b   Hartskeerl, Rudy ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antigen; Leptospira; lipopolysaccharide; mutant

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL GALACTOSYL TRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; LEPTOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 77954746435     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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