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Functional identification of the Proteus mirabilis core lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis genes.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2010
Aquilini Eleonora, Azevedo Joana, Jimenez Natalia, Bouamama Lamiaa, Tomás Juan M, Regué Miguel
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we report the identification of genes required for the biosynthesis of the core lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of two strains of Proteus mirabilis. Since P. mirabilis and Klebsiella pneumoniae share a core LPS carbohydrate backbone extending up to the second outer-core residue, the functions of the common P. mirabilis genes was elucidated by genetic complementation studies using well-defined mutants of...
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