The lbgAB Gene Cluster of Haemophilus ducreyi Encodes a -1,4-Galactosyltransferase and an -1,6-DD-Heptosyltransferase Involved in Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis
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10.1128/IAI.70.6.2853-2861.2002. 2002, 70(6):2853. DOI: Infect. Immun. W. Gibson Marla Stevens-Riley, Anthony A. Campagnari and Bradford Nicole M. Samuels, Robert S. Munson Jr., Eric J. Hansen, Michael V. Tullius, Nancy J. Phillips, N. Karoline Scheffler, Lipooligosaccharide Biosynthesis -1,6-dd-Heptosyltransferase Involved in α -1,4-Galactosyltransferase and an β Encodes a ducreyi Haemophilus Gene Cluster of lbgAB The
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Identification of genes involved in the expression of atypical lipooligosaccharide structures from a second class of Haemophilus ducreyi.
Haemophilus ducreyi is a gram-negative bacterium that is the causative agent of chancroid. Strain 35000HP has been well characterized and is representative of the majority of H. ducreyi strains. Strain 35000HP produces a lipooligosaccharide (LOS) that contains D-glycero-D-manno-heptose in the main oligosaccharide chain extension; the lbgB gene has been shown to encode the DD-heptosyltransferase...
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