A journey from structure to function of bacterial lipopolysaccharides

F Di Lorenzo, KA Duda, R Lanzetta, A Silipo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a crucial constituent of the outer membrane of most Gram-
negative bacteria, playing a fundamental role in the protection of bacteria from …

Neisseria meningitidis: Biology, Microbiology, and Epidemiology

NG Rouphael, DS Stephens - Neisseria meningitidis: advanced methods …, 2012 - Springer
Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality in
children and young adults worldwide through epidemic or sporadic meningitis and/or …

Phase and antigenic variation in bacteria

MW Van Der Woude, AJ Bäumler - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Phase and antigenic variation result in a heterogenic phenotype of a clonal bacterial
population, in which individual cells either express the phase-variable protein (s) or not, or …

Major Structural Differences and Novel Potential Virulence Mechanisms from the Genomes of Multiple Campylobacter Species

DE Fouts, EF Mongodin, RE Mandrell, WG Miller… - PLoS …, 2005 - journals.plos.org
Sequencing and comparative genome analysis of four strains of Campylobacter including C.
lari RM2100, C. upsaliensis RM3195, and C. coli RM2228 has revealed major structural …

Pathogenic neisseriae: surface modulation, pathogenesis and infection control

M Virji - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Although renowned as a lethal pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis has adapted to be a
commensal of the human nasopharynx. It shares extensive genetic and antigenic similarities …

Cellular and molecular biology of Neisseria meningitidis colonization and invasive disease

DJ Hill, NJ Griffiths, E Borodina, M Virji - Clinical science, 2010 - portlandpress.com
The human species is the only natural host of Neisseria meningitidis, an important cause of
bacterial meningitis globally, and, despite its association with devastating diseases, N …

The genetic bases for the variation in the lipo-oligosaccharide of the mucosal pathogen, Campylobacter jejuni: biosynthesis of sialylated ganglioside mimics in the …

M Gilbert, MF Karwaski, S Bernatchez… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
We have compared the lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS) biosynthesis loci from 11 Campylobacter
jejunistrains expressing a total of 8 different ganglioside mimics in their LOS outer cores …

Biology and pathogenesis of the evolutionarily successful, obligate human bacterium Neisseria meningitidis

DS Stephens - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
For at least two hundred years, Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus), the cause of
epidemic meningitis and sepsis, has inflicted rapid death, disability and fear on disparate …

The role of variable DNA tandem repeats in bacterial adaptation

K Zhou, A Aertsen, CW Michiels - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2014 - academic.oup.com
DNA tandem repeats (TRs), also designated as satellite DNA, are inter-or intragenic
nucleotide sequences that are repeated two or more times in a head-to-tail manner …

Phase Variable O Antigen Biosynthetic Genes Control Expression of the Major Protective Antigen and Bacteriophage Receptor in Vibrio cholerae O1

KD Seed, SM Faruque, JJ Mekalanos, SB Calderwood… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The Vibrio cholerae lipopolysaccharide O1 antigen is a major target of bacteriophages and
the human immune system and is of critical importance for vaccine design. We used an O1 …