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Characterization of htrB and msbB mutants of the light organ symbiont Vibrio fischeri.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Adin Dawn M, Phillips Nancy J, Gibson Bradford W, Apicella Michael A, Ruby Edward G, McFall-Ngai Margaret J, Hall Daniel B, Stabb Eric V
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial lipid A is an important mediator of bacterium-host interactions, and secondary acylations added by HtrB and MsbB can be critical for colonization and virulence in pathogenic infections. In contrast, Vibrio fischeri lipid A stimulates normal developmental processes in this bacterium's mutualistic host, Euprymna scolopes, although the importance of lipid A structure in this symbiosis is unknown. To...
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