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The failure of different strains of Yersinia pestis to produce lipopolysaccharide O-antigen under different growth conditions is due to mutations in the O-antigen gene cluster.
FEMS microbiology letters - 13 Apr 2001
Prior J L, Parkhill J, Hitchen P G, Mungall K L, Stevens K, Morris H R, Reason A J, Oyston P C, Dell A, Wren B W, Titball R W
Abstract excerpt
The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from eight strains of Yersinia pestis which had been cultured at 28 degrees C appeared to be devoid of an O-antigen when analysed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. LPS isolated from three of these strains which had been cultured at 37 degrees C also appeared to be devoid of an O-antigen. When the LPS from Y. pestis strain CO92 was purified and analysed by...
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