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Pseudomonas aeruginosa O-antigen chain length is determined before ligation to lipid A core.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Daniels Craig, Griffiths Corrie, Cowles Bryony, Lam Joseph S
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that infects immunocompromised patients and trauma victims and causes fatal lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. This microorganism produces a number of virulence factors, one of which is lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which has been shown to mediate many biological effects including resistance to serum killing and phagocytosis. These...
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