Contribution of the lipopolysaccharide to resistance of Shigella flexneri 2a to extreme acidity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Martinić, Mara ^a   Hoare, Anilei ^a   Contreras, Inés ^a   Álvarez, Sergio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; O ANTIGEN; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 80053439305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025557     Document Type: Article

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