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Burkholderia thailandensis oacA mutants facilitate the expression of Burkholderia mallei-like O polysaccharides.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2011
Brett Paul J, Burtnick Mary N, Heiss Christian, Azadi Parastoo, DeShazer David, Woods Donald E, Gherardini Frank C
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have shown that the O polysaccharides (OPS) expressed by Burkholderia mallei are similar to those produced by Burkholderia thailandensis except that they lack the 4-O-acetyl modifications on their 6-deoxy-α-l-talopyranosyl residues. In the present study, we describe the identification and characterization of an open reading frame, designated oacA, expressed by B. thailandensis that accounts for...
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