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Cloning and Analysis of rfb Gene Synthesizing the Mannan O Side Chain of Escherichia coli 09 Lipopolysaccharide

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Endotoxin

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The rfb gene encoding the proteins responsible for the synthesis of the repeating units (0 side-chain) of Escherichia coli 09 lipopolysaccharide was cloned into a conjugative plasmid RP4: :miniMu and was expressed in E. coli K-12.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoy, Aichi 466, Japan

    N. Kido, M. Ohta, H. Ito, K-I. Iida, Y. Arakawa, T. Komatsu, K. Jann & N. Kato

  2. Max-Planck-Institut fur Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany

    K. Jann

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  1. The University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Herman Friedman  & T. W. Klein  & 

  2. Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan

    Masayasu Nakano

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Kido, N. et al. (1990). Cloning and Analysis of rfb Gene Synthesizing the Mannan O Side Chain of Escherichia coli 09 Lipopolysaccharide. In: Friedman, H., Klein, T.W., Nakano, M., Nowotny, A. (eds) Endotoxin. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 256. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5140-6_11

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