O-Antigen modifications providing antigenic diversity of Shigella flexneri and underlying genetic mechanisms

Biochemistry (Moscow)

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 901-914

  Knirel, Y A ^a   Sun, Qiangzheng ^b   Senchenkova, S N ^a   Perepelov, A V ^a   Shashkov, A S ^a   Xu, Jianguo ^b  

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

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

immunodeterminant; O antigen; O polysaccharide structure; plasmid; serotype converting bacteriophage; serotyping; Shigella flexneri; transposon

Indexed keywords

SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EPITOPE; O ANTIGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PLASMID; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; EPITOPES; O ANTIGENS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLASMIDS; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 84937718757     PISSN: 00062979     EISSN: 16083040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0006297915070093     Document Type: Review

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