Francisella tularensis blue-gray phase variation involves structural modifications of lipopolysaccharide O-antigen, core and lipid A and affects intramacrophage survival and vaccine efficacy

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2010, Pages

  Soni, Shilpa ^a,e   Ernst, Robert K ^b   Muszyński, Artur ^c   Mohapatra, Nrusingh P ^a   Perry, Malcolm B ^d   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^d   Carlson, Russell W ^c   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a Center for Microbial Interface Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella; LPS; Phase variation; Tularemia; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867734785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00129     Document Type: Article

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