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Temperature-dependent variations and intraspecies diversity of the structure of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia pestis.
Biochemistry - 8 Feb 2005
Knirel Yuriy A, Lindner Buko, Vinogradov Evgeny V, Kocharova Nina A, Senchenkova Sof'ya N, Shaikhutdinova Rima Z, Dentovskaya Svetlana V, Fursova Nadezhda K, Bakhteeva Irina V, Titareva Galina M, Balakhonov Sergey V, Holst Otto, Gremyakova Tat'yana A, Pier Gerald B, Anisimov Andrey P
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis spread throughout the Americas in the early 20th century, and it occurs predominantly as a single clone within this part of the world. However, within Eurasia and parts of Africa there is significant diversity among Y. pestis strains, which can be classified into different biovars (bv.) and/or subspecies (ssp.), with bv. orientalis/ssp. pestis most closely related to the American clone. To...
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