Identification of the lipopolysaccharide core of Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as the receptor for bacteriophage φA1122

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4963-4972

  Kiljunen, Saija ^a,b   Datta, Neeta ^b   Dentovskaya, Svetlana V ^c   Anisimov, Andrey P ^c   Knirel, Yuriy A ^d   Bengoechea, José A ^e   Holst, Otto ^f   Skurnik, Mikael ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e Laboratory Microbial Pathogenesis   (Spain)

^f RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 DEOXY DEXTRO MANNO OCT 2 ULOPYRANOSONIC ACID; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI A 1122 RECEPTOR; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEXTRO GLYCERO DEXTRO TALO OCT 2 ULOPYRANOSONIC ACID; HEXASACCHARIDE; LEVO GLYCERO DEXTRO MANNO HEPTOSE; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE CORE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PERIODATE; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI A 1122; BINDING KINETICS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

GENE DELETION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PODOVIRIDAE; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80052528891     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00339-11     Document Type: Article

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