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Impact of 4 Lactobacillus plantarum capsular polysaccharide clusters on surface glycan composition and host cell signaling.
Microbial cell factories - 21 Nov 2012
Remus Daniela M, van Kranenburg Richard, van Swam Iris I, Taverne Nico, Bongers Roger S, Wels Michiel, Wells Jerry M, Bron Peter A, Kleerebezem Michiel
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BACKGROUND: Bacterial cell surface-associated polysaccharides are involved in the interactions of bacteria with their environment and play an important role in the communication between pathogenic bacteria and their host organisms. Cell surface polysaccharides of probiotic species are far less well described. Therefore, improved knowledge on these molecules is potentially of great importance to understand the...
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