Phase variation of a β‐1,3 galactosyltransferase involved in generation of the ganglioside GM₁‐like lipo‐oligosaccharide of <i>Campylobacter jejuni</i>

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Ganglioside mimicry by Campylobacter jejuni lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) is thought to be a critical factor in the triggering of the Guillain-Barré and Miller-Fisher syndrome neuropathies after C. jejuni infection. The combination of a completed genome sequence and a ganglioside GM1-like LOS structure makes C. jejuni NCTC 11168 a useful model strain for the identification and characterization of the genes involved...

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