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Enhanced factor H binding to sialylated Gonococci is restricted to the sialylated lacto-N-neotetraose lipooligosaccharide species: implications for serum resistance and evidence for a bifunctional lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase in Gonococci.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2005
Gulati Sunita, Cox Andrew, Lewis Lisa A, Michael Frank St, Li Jianjun, Boden Ryan, Ram Sanjay, Rice Peter A
Abstract excerpt
We isolated serologically identical (by serovar determination and porin variable region [VR] typing) strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from an infected male and two of his monogamous female sex partners. One strain (termed 398078) expressed the L1 (Galalpha1 --> 4 [corrected] Galbeta1 --> 4Glcbeta1 --> 4HepI) lipooligosaccharide (LOS) structure exclusively; the other (termed 398079) expressed the...
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