title: Structural features and structural variability of the lipopolysaccharide of Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague.
abstract: Data on the structure and temperature-dependent variations of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Yersinia pestis are summarized and compared with data of other enteric bacteria, including other Yersinia spp. A correlation between the LPS structure and properties of the LPS and bacterial cultures as well as the LPS biosynthesis control are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. knirel@ioc.ac.ru
authors.forename: Yuriy A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Knirel
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Dentovskaya
authors.forename: Sof'ya N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Senchenkova
authors.forename: Rima Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Shaikhutdinova
authors.forename: Nina A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kocharova
authors.forename: Andrey P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Anisimov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006801:Humans; D008050:Lipid A / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010930:Plague / Q000382:microbiology*; D015010:Yersinia pestis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008050:Lipid A; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides