The role of lex2 in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Haemophilus influenzae strains RM7004 and RM153
The locus lex2, comprising lex2A and lex2B, contributes to the phase-variable expression of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Haemophilus influenzae and was found to be present in 74 % of strains investigated. lex2A contains 59-GCAA repeats which vary in number from 4 to 46 copies between strains. The loc...
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Society for General Microbiology
2003
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48699/ |