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Construction and characterization of an acapsular mutant of Mannheimia haemolytica A1.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2002
McKerral Linda J, Lo Reggie Y C
Abstract excerpt
The nmaA and nmaB genes, which code for UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase and UDP-ManNAc-dehydrogenase, respectively, are involved in capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Mannheimia haemolytica A1. A chloramphenicol resistance (Cm(r)) cassette cloned behind an M. haemolytica A1 promoter, plpcat, was created and used to interrupt nmaA and nmaB. A 1.3-kbp DNA fragment that encompasses part of nmaA and nmaB was replaced by...
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