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Serological characterization of the enterobacterial common antigen substitution of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia enterocolitica O : 3.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2015
Noszczyńska Magdalena, Kasperkiewicz Katarzyna, Duda Katarzyna Anna, Podhorodecka Joanna, Rabsztyn Kamila, Gwizdała Karolina, Świerzko Anna Stanisława, Radziejewska-Lebrecht Joanna, Holst Otto, Skurnik Mikael
Abstract excerpt
Enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) is a polysaccharide present in all members of Enterobacteriaceae anchored either via phosphatidylglycerol (PG) or LPS to the outer leaflet of the outer membrane (ECAPG and ECALPS, respectively). Only the latter form is ECA-immunogenic. We previously demonstrated that Yersinia enterocolitica O : 3 and its rough (O-specific polysaccharide-negative) mutants were ECA-immunogenic,...
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