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Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans synthesis gene family of Shigella flexneri.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Liu Liu, Dharne Mahesh, Kannan Porteen, Smith Allen, Meng Jianghong, Fan Mingtao, Boren Tara L, Ranallo Ryan T, Bhagwat Arvind A
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UNLABELLED: Osmoregulated periplasmic glucans (OPGs) of food- and water-borne enteropathogen Shigella flexneri were characterized. OPGs were composed of 100% glucose with 2-linked glucose as the most abundant residue with terminal glucose, 2-linked and 2,6-linked glucose also present in high quantities. Most dominant backbone polymer chain length was seven glucose residues. Individual genes from the opg gene...
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