Yersinia enterocolitica lipopolysaccharide: genetics and virulence.
The O side chain (O antigen) of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 has been shown to be a virulence factor. The genes directing the biosynthesis of the O antigen have been cloned, sequenced and characterized. Like the expression of most of the virulence factors of Y. enterocolitica, O-antigen expression is temperature regulated.
Skurnik
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Dept of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Finland.
Toivanen
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D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial