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Evolution of Salmonella O antigen variation by interspecific gene transfer on a large scale.

Trends in genetics : TIG ·Vol. 9 ·No. 1 ·1993-01-00 ·Pages 17-22

Reeves P

Abstract

The O antigen is a bacterial surface polysaccharide made up of repeats of a short oligosaccharide. There are about 60 forms of O antigen in Salmonella, and genetic analysis indicates that these were acquired by interspecific gene transfer.

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MeSH Terms
Antigenic Variation/genetics Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry,genetics Carbohydrate Sequence Genes, Bacterial Molecular Sequence Data Multigene Family Polymorphism, Genetic Salmonella/genetics,immunology Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Transfection
Chemicals
Antigens, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Reeves P
Microbiology Department, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Article Info
Journal
Trends in genetics : TIG
Abbr.
Trends Genet
ISSN
0168-9525
DOI
10.1016/0168-9525(93)90067-R
Published
1993-01-00
Pages
17-22
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
8507085
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0168-9525(93)90067-R View journal details
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