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A deep rough type structure in Bordetella bronchiseptica lipopolysaccharide modulates host immune responses.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Dec 2011
Sisti Federico, Fernández Julieta, Higgins Sarah C, Casabuono Adriana, Couto Alicia, Mills Kingston H G, Hozbor Daniela
Abstract excerpt
The present authors have previously obtained the Bordetella bronchiseptica mutant BbLP39, which contains a deep-rough lipopolysaccharide (LPS) instead the wild type smooth LPS with O antigen. This mutant was found to be altered in the expression of some proteins and in its ability to colonize mouse lungs. Particularly, in BbLP39 the expression of pertactin is decreased. To differentiate the contribution of each...
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