Tn5-induced lipopolysaccharide mutations in Bordetella pertussis that affect outer membrane function.

doi:10.1099/00221287-143-7-2381

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Tn5-induced lipopolysaccharide mutations in Bordetella pertussis that affect outer membrane function.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jul 1997

Turcotte M L, Martin Denis, Brodeur Bernard R, Peppler Mark S

Abstract excerpt

An LPSB-specific mAb was used to screen for ten Tn5 insertion mutants of Bordetella pertussis which have LPS which is phenotypically distinct from either wild-type LPSAB or LPSB. Silver-strained SDS-PAGE gels showed nine different LPS phenotypes, six of which contain two clinically undocumented L...

Topics

Bordetella pertussis
Cell Wall
Genes, Bacterial
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation

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