Genetic characterisation and structural analysis of the O-specific polysaccharide of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1c

Innate Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-190

  De Castro, Cristina ^a   Kenyon, Johanna J ^b   Cunneen, Monica M ^b   Reeves, Peter R ^b   Molinaro, Antonio ^a   Holst, Otto ^c   Skurnik, Mikael ^d,e  

^a University on Naples   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic gene cluster; D paratofuranose; O antigen; O specific polysaccharide; structure; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABEQUOPYRANOSE; O ANTIGEN; O SPECIFIC POLYSACCHARIDE; PARATOFURANOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79953704024     PISSN: 17534259     EISSN: 17534267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753425910364425     Document Type: Article

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