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Identification of an Escherichia coli operon required for formation of the O-antigen capsule.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2005
Peleg Adi, Shifrin Yulia, Ilan Ophir, Nadler-Yona Chen, Nov Shani, Koby Simi, Baruch Kobi, Altuvia Shoshy, Elgrably-Weiss Maya, Abe Cecilia M, Knutton Stuart, Saper Mark A, Rosenshine Ilan
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli produces polysaccharide capsules that, based on their mechanisms of synthesis and assembly, have been classified into four groups. The group 4 capsule (G4C) polysaccharide is frequently identical to that of the cognate lipopolysaccharide O side chain and has, therefore, also been termed the O-antigen capsule. The genes involved in the assembly of the group 1, 2, and 3 capsules have been...
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