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Phase variation of lipopolysaccharide directs interconversion of invasive and immuno-resistant phenotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Phase variation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipopolysaccharide (LPS) controls both bacterial entry into human mucosal cells, and bacterial susceptibility to killing by antibodies and complement. The basis for this function is a differential sialylation of the variable oligosaccharide moiety of the LPS....

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Main Author: van Putten, J P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC413697/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7693451
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