A heptosyltransferase mutant of Pasteurella multocida produces a truncated lipopolysaccharide structure and is attenuated in virulence.
Harper M, Cox AD, St Michael F, Wilkie IW, Boyce JD, Adler B.
Harper M, et al.
Infect Immun. 2004 Jun;72(6):3436-43. doi: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3436-3443.2004.
Infect Immun. 2004.
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Sequence analysis indicated that AL251 had an insertional inactivation of the gene waaQ(PM), encoding a putative heptosyl transferase, required for the addition of heptose to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (M. Harper, J. D. Boyce, I. W. Wilkie, and B. Adler, Infect. Immun …
Sequence analysis indicated that AL251 had an insertional inactivation of the gene waaQ(PM), encoding a putative heptosyl transferase, requi …