4-Amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose in LPS of enterobacterial R-mutants and its possible role for their polymyxin reactivity.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.1994.tb00460.x

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4-Amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose in LPS of enterobacterial R-mutants and its possible role for their polymyxin reactivity.

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 May 1994

Boll M, Radziejewska-Lebrecht J, Warth C, Krajewska-Pietrasik D, Mayer H

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The content of 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinopyranose (L-Arap4N) and the phosphate substitution pattern of the LPS of various strains from Salmonella minnesota, Yersinia enterocolitica and Proteus mirabilis was determined by GC/MS, HPLC and 31P-NMR. These data allowed us to examine the possible role o...

Topics

Amino Sugars
Enterobacteriaceae
Lipid A
Lipopolysaccharides
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Polymyxins
Sugar Acids

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