… cohort was also stimulated with three pathogenic Yersinia species, namely Y. … a dose-response
curve of LPS concentrations (Figure 1), and therefore it is unlikely that differences in LPS …

… that leads to the strong activation of inflammatory cytokines … , which requires two virulence
factors that are induced in the … with 1 μg/ml lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli (…

… [4–6], and then, for bacteria, which were able to overcome … cell surfaces due to a significantly
stronger ligand–receptor inter… the chain length may affect virulence and binding of bacteria …

… O-antigen in the LPS (lipopolysaccharide) creates steric hindrance … , the virulence plasmid,
and expressed as a virulence factor … activator pla from Yersinia pestis. Structure 18, 809–818. …

… A question that arose immediately, but whose answer was long in coming, is how Y. …
nonpigmented spontaneous mutants required iron supplementation for full virulence against mice [ …

… of the genes encoding these virulence factors are differentially expressed within these two …
stimulated with an ionophore known to induce a strong LTB 4 response [97]. This inhibition of …

… the horizontal transfer of virulence factors and subsequent … as Salmonella, Yersinia pestis,
and the virulent Francisella tularensis … LPS, is critical to provoking a potent immune response …

… pestis-specific plasmid pPCP1, is a versatile virulence factor. … pestis is genetically rough
and lacks smooth LPS (Skurnik et … enterica overcomes this problem by shortening the LPS to a …

… ) virulence plasmids that encode a set of secreted virulence … In the ΔlcrG2 background, the
effect of LcrG was overcome by … We found that strong expression of LcrV was necessary for Y…

… Yersinia pestis is endemic in rodents in many areas of the world. It … SDS-acrylamide gel
profile of LPS isolated from Y. … membrane proteins may serve to overcome serum resistance. In …