Tn916-generated, lipooligosaccharide mutants of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Tn916-generated, lipooligosaccharide mutants of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
A library of Tn916-generated, tetracycline-resistant (Tc) mutants of the group B Neisseri meningitidis strain NMB was screened by using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that recognize structural differences in neisserial lipooligosaccharide (LOS). The LOS of parental strain NMB had a relative molecular mass of 4.5 kDa, reacted with MAbs 3F11 and 6B4 but not with MAb 4C4 or 6E4, and contained a lact...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.7.2947-2952.1994