Comparison of loss of serum resistance by defined lipopolysaccharide mutants and an acapsular mutant of uropathogenic Escherichia coli O75:K5.

doi:10.1128/IAI.66.9.4244-4253.1998

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Comparison of loss of serum resistance by defined lipopolysaccharide mutants and an acapsular mutant of uropathogenic Escherichia coli O75:K5.

Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1998

Burns S M, Hull S I

Abstract excerpt

In order to determine the importance of the O75 O antigen versus the K5 capsular antigen and the bimodal distribution of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) in protection from complement-mediated lysis, mutants were made by insertion of a cat or an aphA gene in or in place of genes necessary for the synth...

Topics

Bacterial Capsules
Complement System Proteins
Escherichia coli
Genetic Complementation Test
Humans
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation
O Antigens
Phenotype
Polysaccharides, Bacterial

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