Association of plasmids with the carbohydrate composition of the O-antigen in Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

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Association of plasmids with the carbohydrate composition of the O-antigen in Shigella dysenteriae type 1.

Journal of diarrhoeal diseases research - 1 Jun 1993

Hossain M L, Haider K, Chowdhury T A, Mosihuzzaman M

Abstract excerpt

Six different prepared mutant strains of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 with various combinations of 'core' plasmids of 140, 6, and 2 Mdal, were cultivated separately and their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) samples were isolated, which on delipidation afforded polysaccharides and oligosaccharides. The LP...

Topics

Carbohydrates
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation
O Antigens
Plasmids
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Shigella dysenteriae

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