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Escherichia coli Clone Sonnei (Shigella sonnei) Had a Chromosomal O-Antigen Gene Cluster Prior to Gaining Its Current Plasmid-Borne O-Antigen Genes

O antigen is part of the lipopolysaccharide present in the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. The surface-exposed O antigen is subject to selection by the host immune system, which may account for the maintenance of many different O-antigen forms. Characteristically, all genes specific to O-a...

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Main Authors: Lai, Vincent, Wang, Lei, Reeves, Peter R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC107268/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9603891
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