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Review
. 1993 Jul;1(4):148-52.
doi: 10.1016/0966-842x(93)90130-j.

Yersinia enterocolitica lipopolysaccharide: genetics and virulence

M Skurnik  1 , P Toivanen
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Yersinia enterocolitica lipopolysaccharide: genetics and virulence

M Skurnik et al. Trends Microbiol. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

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.

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