Lipopolysaccharide of Coxiella burnetii

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 984, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-90

  Narasaki, Craig T ^a   Toman, Rudolf ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Coxiella burnetii; Function; Lipopolysaccharide; Q fever; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DIHYDROHYDROXYSTREPTOSE; LIPID A; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRENOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; Q FEVER; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; VIR;

EID: 84863746079     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4315-1_4     Document Type: Article

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