Phase variation of Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide: characterization of lipopolysaccharide from individual colonies.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07046.x

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Phase variation of Haemophilus influenzae lipopolysaccharide: characterization of lipopolysaccharide from individual colonies.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Jul 1994

Roche R J, High N J, Moxon E R

Abstract excerpt

The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae expresses a number of core oligosaccharide epitopes on its outer surface. The expression of individual epitopes is subject to frequent (approximately 1% bacteria/generation) reversible phase variation, as determined by colony immunoblots. We...

Topics

Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Haemophilus influenzae
Lipopolysaccharides
Phenotype
Silver Staining

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